#Empyrean Onslaughts and Codices

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marsh merlin
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Oh boy. Finding 50 of these peppers is going to be something 😆

boreal raven
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I found 1 on the first kill. Then none for ages. Then 4 in like 6 searches.

worldly plover
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fixate is a lie. still no gem 😭

foggy zodiac
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I got the 5 very quickly, then once I had 5 I've killed about 20 and haven't seen one.

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I'm wondering if having them on your person stops you from getting more or something

boreal raven
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it does not

foggy zodiac
noble talon
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it does not

marsh merlin
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I've found more than 5 without adjusting inventory

warped atlas
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In Game - Channel "onslaughts" has been created.

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Also… added a few things for the council of Wyrmhunters server:

an Onslaughts Announcement channel for when they go live and where (will get the announcements into this once i know/see more on what it looks like when they go live)

An Onslaughts LFG channel where people can look for groups.

https://discord.gg/aamw5Y3jRR

orchid trout
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(-I moved my message down so both of your posts were all together. Kontii.-)

This just came up in the Roleplaying channel, so I thought I'd just mention it here.

I know Onslaughts are geared towards cap/post-cap/uber/group hunter folks. But perhaps there can be some lesser goons that venture out to surrounding areas so fun can be had by the non-capped?
Even if rewards and such need to be removed, it would at least allow some of us to have some fun battling interesting new invaders.

marsh merlin
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There aren't really surrounding areas to any of the ascension zones. The hive has the closest, but they're all fairly self contained

orchid trout
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Maybe an elevator can appear in other towns? An airship gets lost and shows up over a town.

insertWillSmithIndependenceDay.gif

foggy zodiac
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Can we get more than 5 peppers at our feet?

marsh merlin
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Also, while I get the desire, I don't know that "weak versions" of the Empyreans would fit the lore. They're pretty specifically supposed to be like, crazy strong guys.

flat eagle
orchid trout
foggy zodiac
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Next question, can I farm insanity peppers? eyes @orchid trout

marsh merlin
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Question was already answered!

boreal raven
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i guess it would be most correct to say: there is nothing stopping you from finding more than 5 with 5 already on your person. I suppose it's possible they did an inventory based drop chance modification so it's easier if you don't have them on you but that just seems unlikely.

foggy zodiac
marsh merlin
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..Yes? You had a whole conversation with Nyxus where he explained how they drop.

wheat gyro
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or DID he...?

foggy zodiac
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I want to farmville insanity peppers is that so wrong?

marsh merlin
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Oh. You should probably ask that in the farming thread, so that the context makes sense! 😛

slender spoke
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Coup stuff should be fixed.

wheat gyro
worldly plover
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It actually would be pretty interesting if the mats became farmville only as an incentive for the farmers. Just imagine the demand! The riots!

soft stump
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Does the gemstone group change include dust as well (like gigas fragments?) ?

boreal raven
vague egret
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anyone find any codex that isn't named either of these:

  insert(:name, %{marble-lined runic codex chiseled with cerulean runes})
  insert(:name, %{skin-bound runic codex tattooed with thick crimson ink})
sour swan
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Oh no...my empath is allergic to anything reddish...

noble talon
warped atlas
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I tried to do a search, and couldn't quite triangulate an answer...

With Gem Fixate - are you ONLY sacrificing loot while actively searching for the gem, or does using gem Fixate immediately sacrifice a portion of loot cap?

Meaning - if I fixate on a fresh loot cap character, and he finds his gem after 10% of his loot cap would have otherwise been completed, does he still have 90% of it left and goes back to business as usual?

Or did using Fixate immediately sacrifice a large portion f that cap?

indigo lynx
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If i put in a T3 codex into a gemstone then shatter that gemstone how much dust do i get back from the codex?

sour swan
warped atlas
wraith salmon
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It "may reduce" that's literally the most answer we've actually gotten to that.

sour swan
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Nyxus was kind enough to suggest that "players should test"! I'm going to take him up on that! #goodguyGMNyxusnotSarcasm

desert elbow
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they need to bring back Naijin for like a week every year to just release information we should all be privy to in the first place

sour swan
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Nyxus might not even know...Estild probably keeps that stuff in the super secret code base that only a few folks get access to.

warped atlas
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I feel like if they cut the cost of unbinding in 1/2.... it would turn into a much more significant silver sink

tiny tinsel
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Okay, I've read this and added all the informative GM posts to these pages:

But I can't tell what is outdated info from Test or needs to be updated for current implementation -- players, if anyone says anything important, can you please slap the post on the wiki

Thanks to everyone who asked questions, tested the stuff, and posted messaging for stuff, I copy/pasted stuff to the wiki

formal wharf
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Thanks for the Wiki updates, and to everyone who worked on Onslaughts/codexes. The new GEM commands are also a very nice quality of life improvement. 💗

soft stump
frosty lion
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I've seen some mention on pricing, but I'm not too sure what all that's about. different ranks, writing, adding.. I'm guessing more concrete info will be available after the onslaught tonight, but does anyone who messed with it in test/last live onslaught have the pricing on actually using these?

tiny tinsel
tiny tinsel
noble talon
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I just always hope an enterprising player will add them, so I don't have to stop coding...

hasty tulip
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We can probably piece one together here and then add it to the Wiki:

So far I have found:

Rarity:      Common
Mnemonic:    slegacy
Description: You gain 1/2/3 Target Defense.  Reshape has no affect on this property.  You may equip any number of this property.  This property cannot be upgraded.```

Property: Fraying Barrier (Rank 1 of 3)
Rarity: Common
Mnemonic: fbarrier
Description: You gain 2/3/4 Defensive Strength. Reshape has no affect on this property. You may equip any number of this property. This property cannot be upgraded.```

frosty lion
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Do we know how the ranks work?

tiny tinsel
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does the artificer on the Contempt work for the Quest stuff or just for the Gemstones fiddling stuff

noble talon
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I think that maybe it is canonically the same artificer? And... suspension of disbelief.

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Sort of like if you see Thrall in one city and then another. It's not two different Thralls?

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But I'm not a doctor

boreal raven
sour swan
hasty tulip
marsh merlin
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Y’arrtificer

sour swan
foggy zodiac
sour swan
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He said there are 10 different ones - i was only easily able to find 2 - still looking for the rest

sour swan
foggy zodiac
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Oh I was just going off that link

sour swan
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Sorry - I can't find all the ones he posted. Either he deleted them or it was someone else and I didn't stumble upon them in my searching

opal walrus
sour swan
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SOMEONE posted the actual specifics on EE that Im' trying to find

vale canyon
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yea i couldn’t find that post either

tiny tinsel
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Should these be added to the codex page or are they considered normal Common gemstones and go on the Gemstones property list page. Are they all common? Should they go on the Gemstones property list page as a Codex property section. Arrrrgh wiki

marsh mica
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afaik they don't have tiers but they're also not really Common gemstones because they're not found on jewels. they can replace any property on a gemstone. i have no idea if this helps the wiki-ing.

tiny tinsel
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they have rarity listings 😭 What is the difference between ranks and tiers

marsh mica
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ummm i thought the difference in cost was dependent on the property they are replacing but also maybe i know nothing

noble talon
tiny tinsel
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The Gemstone property list page has a column for passive/activeated/triggered, does that pertain to these

noble talon
noble talon
foggy zodiac
noble talon
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Anything is possible!

foggy zodiac
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Zombocom kekw

noble talon
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But I do like that gemstones haven't been offered for pay

spark token
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🧂 My RNG do be itching to reach for the wallet 🧂

tiny tinsel
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Player added them all to the wiki and I put them in the table form. I cannot access this information in game, as I have not reached level 100 or done the pertinent quests

shell basalt
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Anyone getting a huge amount of lag on the Skyships?

flat eagle
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is there one now? gem onslaught says not for another 12 mins

shell basalt
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I'm in shattered

worldly plover
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do codexes have an inv managmeent system like gem collect?

formal wharf
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You concentrate intently on a burly goliath engineer, and a pulse of pearlescent energy ripples toward him!
  CS: +633 - TD: +417 + CvA: +9 + d125: +5 == +230
  Warding failed!
The internal skeletal structure of a burly goliath engineer implodes inward upon itself, leaving behind no support for his body or life.  Monthly: Empyrean Extermination
The layer of raw elemental energy surrounding a burly goliath engineer dissipates.
A burly goliath engineer seems to lose some dexterity.
A burly goliath engineer seems to lose an aura of confidence.
The burden of condemnation lifts from a burly goliath engineer.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.``` Odd that it stuck that "Monthly" thing in the middle of the attack. Weekly/monthly quests?
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Ah, a bunch of new ones showed in my quest log. Neat.

proper osprey
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onslaught mobs not dropping loot in SG

spark token
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Missed opportunity that the Engineers aren't wearing red shirts.

foggy zodiac
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why isn't there an easy way to get off the ship? Sign of darkness, or depart confirm puts you in the refuse bin, and going through the crack puts you in a room you can be attacked? There should be a way off from the room you go after taking a harsh death

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Oh nice and when you get through the rift even more monsters

noble talon
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Hmm. Does leaving the refuse bin and then going through the rift take you to the ground?

foggy zodiac
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You have to pass 2 rooms that are full of monsters when leaving the refuse bin just to get to the ground. Looking at 2-3 depart confirms just to get back to safety

noble talon
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Hmm, can you copy/paste? I would think that go crack\rgo rift\rsym return\r would do it

formal wharf
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Your mental command surges outward, echoing your need to the stray spirits nearby...
  CS: +681 - TD: +489 + CvA: +25 + d125: +106 == +323
  Warding failed!
A nebulous haze shimmers into view around a battle-worn Empyrean captain, plunging inward to envelop his chest!
A battle-worn Empyrean captain's aura absorbs some of the damage!
   ... 35 points of damage!
   Deep, penetrating wound etched into chest, exposing ribs and lung tissue!
A battle-worn Empyrean captain's aura absorbs some of the damage!
   ... 35 points of damage!
   Deep, penetrating wound etched into chest, exposing ribs and lung tissue!
A battle-worn Empyrean captain's aura absorbs some of the damage!
   ... 70 points of damage!
   Blast hits chest and expands to envelop entire body!  The Empyrean captain is no more!
Breathing raggedly, a battle-worn Empyrean captain takes a step back, a look of irritation on his face.  Holding out one gauntleted hand, he tears open a swirling portal of multicolored energy and steps back into it, disappearing from sight.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.``` ```J>gem onslaught
There is currently an Onslaught active somewhere around Sailor's Grief.  It will be active for 2 hours, 18 minutes, 33 seconds.

Codices found this week: 0/10``` Hm. No codex.. That was the final boss, right? Is it just a chance? Fun fight, though!
noble talon
foggy zodiac
formal wharf
foggy zodiac
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If someone wants to go back in it's pretty easy kill a few monsters go rift. Do we really need to be locked into the area and need to travel through 3 dangerous areas to get out?

hasty tulip
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Can we please codices to drop for everyone in the group despite whoever is looting, please?

foggy zodiac
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This is absolutely the most frustrating thing I've ever experienced in Gemstone short of going demonic. Can we please get an easy way back to the mainland, or is my only hope to just keep depart confirming until I find out how the swimming and OSA system works?

formal wharf
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If you need help getting back to Talon Isle (where you can sail to Kraken's Fall or Solhaven), I can help you on that end. The swimming isn't intuitive, but I think I've figured it out..

foggy zodiac
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I don't mind taking a depart but putting us in some stupid trap area to try out a new feature is beyond frustrating.

marsh mica
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SENSE TALON, then go in the opposite direction.

formal wharf
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If you mean the refuse pit on the skyship itself, I was able to go through the crack and slip out the prismatic rift right back out into Sailor's Grief.

noble talon
noble talon
vague egret
noble talon
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Well, not the airship anyway. I don’t know anything about sailor’s grief 🙂

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I’m not trying to get griefed

stable mango
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You just have to swim to Talon Isle and run to the docks and pay 20k to hitch a ride back. A lot of people will set rings for this.

foggy zodiac
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lol so I swim to talon island and am immediately killed and back to the talon, I've taken like 5 depart confirms hereGreat mechanic make us swim somewhere and immediately die because the 5 other departs weren't enough

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Oh and to make it super fun when you die on talon isle you go back to the contempt, because why not!?!?

stable mango
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Only if the Albatross picks you up. that doesn't always happen.

foggy zodiac
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I just wanted to try onslaught I didn't want to get stuck in some stupid sea area forever.

worldly plover
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I lost interest after killing a couple hundred things with no rift.

stable mango
foggy zodiac
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Like make a portmaster on the contempt, why is this so hard? If we depart confirm to this place let us get off?

worldly plover
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I killed everything I came across. 🙁 And agree, getting around with all that swimming is annoying and there are better uses of time.

worldly plover
stable mango
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PP keys work, yes.

foggy zodiac
marsh mica
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740 doesn't work

worldly plover
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You can FWI and use 740 from there it hink

marsh mica
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oh with expensive chalk sure (sorry i thought you meant to get to the boat)

foggy zodiac
worldly plover
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the dragonfly, house pin, reliquary, etc. are all free! they're not solutions to the zone, but if all you want is an easy one-time way to get out of the place...

noble talon
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SG too scary. Y’all are braver than I am

foggy zodiac
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Nah I just assumed when I paid to get here there would be an accessible way to get off, not that it was a gotcha area intended to annoy players.

formal wharf
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There's no reason to not deposit the codices as charges in with the artificer, if you're not planning on applying any of the low level codices, right? Unless you wanted to try selling one to another player or something.

noble talon
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They’re bound, so can’t be sold

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I can’t think of any reason to keep them as physical objects if you aren’t going to apply them

boreal raven
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i didn't actually look up how codex upgrading works. and at this point, i'm afraid to ask

worldly plover
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how does codex upgrading work?

formal wharf
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You have to trade in so many of the codices to the artificer. Once you've given him 250, I think, he'll make you a level 3 (strongest) version of one of the ones you've found and turned in before. In exchange for those 250 and a ton (25 million?) silver.

clever carbon
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  1. Wow. So half a year or so to get a max one. Glad I only ultimately want 2
foggy zodiac
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I killed over 100 of the guys there and didn't get one.

worldly plover
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so a ton of silver, dust and codices, all for.. 2 CS?

clever carbon
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Just need to find 2 perfect legendaries with the common and rare I want that I can kumquat.

formal wharf
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The artificer looks charged with power.  "It is done.  I am now carrying 5 stored codex charges on your behalf.  If you would like to expend charges to create a higher tier codex, ASK me about WRITING a new codex.  You must continue to gather the codices, remaining wary of Her gaze."``` ```>gem onslaught
There is currently an Onslaught active somewhere around Sailor's Grief.  It will be active for 1 hour, 6 minutes, 4 seconds.

Codices found this week: 0/10``` Not sure how I got credit for 5 codices - my weekly quests had 2 each, and I didn't find any as drops. 🤷
boreal raven
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you get 2 each for the quests i assume you turned those in?

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oh i misread that, derp. but yes, i actually looked it up and asked the guy after i said that lol. but 10/50/250 codex points, 1/5/25m silver, and 10/50/250 dust to have them make a tier 1/2/3 codex of your choice

worldly plover
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so he'll simply make it for you, you don't have to keep one in yhour inv for him to upgrade?

noble talon
river narwhal
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could i get 250 charges to test it actually works?

boreal raven
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so i guess i have a while to decide like, which one i even want to bother with on my nice legendary with a non-astral spark regional

formal wharf
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If you're turned in a type of codex, I believe you've unlocked it with him. Then you just need the charges to make an improved one. The masked artificer calmly says, "I am able to create higher rank versions of the codices you have found. First, GIVE me codices so that I can convert them to stored codex charges. Next, ASK me about WRITE, specifying which codex you would like me to create, as well as the rank. This operation is irreversible, inefficient, and expensive. It requires silver, stored codex charges, and Dust. I am presently carrying 5 stored codex charges on your behalf, and I am willing to discuss expenditure of those charges to WRITE a new codex for you.

worldly plover
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oh I'm wrong. it's not 2 CS. It's 1 CS. B/c you can just get that first 1 CS from a tier 1 drop without any upgrades lol

boreal raven
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so if you max your 10 drops a week + 4 from weekly quests + 4(?) from monthly so right at a year for a t3. kinda sounding like i'm just gonna do 2 smr defense or whatever and call it a day

worldly plover
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I have a feeling it'll become - if it's in my area i'll do it, if not, i probably won't go out of my way to go to another continent to do this

boreal raven
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i mean partially the draw is also increased gem drops rates. which isn't really a bonus for many of us during this time of the month. but might sound a lot more appealing starting on the.... 7th

worldly plover
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terrible rng has made me give up on gemstones too :p

formal wharf
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My favorite part about this update is the "discover 1 of 2 rolled gemstones" in the geodes, for exactly that reason. Otherwise, at 3 a month I'm pretty sure I'll spend the rest of my natural life not finding what I want. 😅

river parcel
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was with a party member who found a gemstone off the empyrean captain, and was quite confident that was their 2nd gemstone of the week - does captain loot avoid the normal gemstone weekly limit?

proper osprey
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Will the group loot also be fixed to drop the other special rare items that aren't codices for other members besides the looter?

frosty lion
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10m and 50 dust for.. +1 AS 😂 Dunno if stuff has a change to drop higher tiers or if you have to spend 4 months grinding for tier 3. Considering I did it for ~3 hours and completed 3 of the 4 quests and got 2 weekly codices.. Could write a tier 3 every 4 months, but I'm afraid of how many hours it'd take a week to get those 10/week

vale canyon
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the weekly quests give 2 codices and the monthly give 4, so maybe you didn’t quest complete all of them yet because you should have 8 just from those 3 quests

sour swan
polar radish
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I'm going to save a fortune if they're all done at those hours

hasty tulip
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Another onslaught today!? Did you guys up the spawn timers or are they just kinda random?

sour swan
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Ardwen said he's spend money if they put these at better times and Wyrom directed Nyxus to DRAIN THAT VAULT!

polar radish
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Running it now is pointless, I am at work

sour swan
polar radish
sour swan
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I thought you have been the "old guy" since I was a kid in the 90s...huh.

polar radish
fallow igloo
polar radish
fallow igloo
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I'm watching this whole thread with interest. Even though my quick jaunt into ME last night was deadly due to the swarming. lol

polar radish
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HW swarms make ME look tame

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Swung at the lone critter in the room,, by the time my 4 second RT ended there were 16 of his angry friends there

wheat gyro
fallow igloo
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That's what happened to me last night. Warcryed and then did a AoE at a banshee and that living critter I forget its name in ME. And while in RT 6 others showed up. I was then repeatedly stunned and died due to RT and loss of health. lol So, eight not 16 but after a point the number becomes pointless. lol I was doing an ASC bounty there.

fallow igloo
toxic jackal
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not sure but on the quest that plunderer, how does it still grapple you with no arms? and no legs? I search an dead critter with a broken arm. Do the empyreans have six arms or something?

hasty tulip
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The Hive again!? You sketchy, sketchy GMs.

frosty lion
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I don't mind, I'm already here 😂 unlike sailor's grief where I've never been. and uh, I have to run through the combat zone and swim with 20k in silvers to leave?

silk zenith
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I went to bed and touched the obelisk in the Morning

frosty lion
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I dunno how sailor's grief is normally, but I think the hive is one of those that you really need to be prepared to deal with ahead of time. if the places was switched I'd be dead instead of just lost

sour swan
hybrid turtle
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I rock with the Hive

indigo lynx
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Can you upgrade your T1/T2 codex instilled into a gemstone? Lets say I want to work on it over time. RIP, not upgradeable once instilled.

formal wharf
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It's upgradeable in the sense that you can replace it with another codex. It isn't much of a "loss" to put a lower level one in, at the expense of that 1 charge it was worth.

spark token
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Sharing here for science. Looks like being 10/10 for the week on codex drops will make it so you don't find the usual freebie codex from the Captain.

formal wharf
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I don't think you're guaranteed a freebie codex.. I didn't get one yesterday, anyway.

indigo lynx
frosty lion
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How are codices supposed to be upgraded?

frosty lion
indigo lynx
frosty lion
indigo lynx
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Not sure, I have not personally tested it.

frosty lion
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The wording plus the fact there's tier 1 pricing makes it look like you pay silver + dust + codice charges to create a new codex. Haven't seen any info on how you can get a T2/T3 outside of that

hasty tulip
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I'll double check when I get back to HW.

formal wharf
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When the portal on the Skyship says "you need to defeat a boss" - I presume it's like Reim where a boss mob spawns at some point, and that's what you need to kill to get credit? It's just hard to tell what's going on through the constant spawning/death scroll.

frosty lion
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    Property 1: Torn Focus
    Property 2: Vestige of Might
    Property 3: Vestige of Magic
    Property 4: Tarnished Seal
    Property 5: Fraying Barrier
    Property 6: Hollow Defense
    Property 7: Splintered Legacy
    Property 8: One Last Job
    Property 9: Cracked Aegis
    Property 10: Half-Forgotten Rhythm
"The artificer continues, "The cost is high and three-fold.  First, it will require an expenditure of  stored codex charges.  Second, it will require silver.  Third, it will require Dust.  If you are one of those who believes in greatness at any cost, then let us discuss brass tacks."
    Rank 1 Cost: 10 stored codex charges, 1,000,000 silver, 10 Dust.
    Rank 2 Cost: 50 stored codex charges, 5,000,000 silver, 50 Dust.
    Rank 3 Cost: 250 stored codex charges, 25,000,000 silver, 250 Dust.
"I am presently carrying 11 stored codex charges on your behalf.  Finally, understand that I will not be able to upgrade the rank of a codex property once it is created, either by way of the codex itself or the property once it resides on a Gemstone.  The rank will be fixed forever!
"If you still wish for me to write a new codex, simply state the desired property and rank."
[To continue, you may "ASK artificer to WRITE codex {property number} rank {rank}"]
hasty tulip
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So writing a codex is different than using a codex.

frosty lion
hasty tulip
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Oh... oh no. I think I just realized something awful.
The price/dust cost for a full Rank 3 added to a gemstone is... oof

boreal raven
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Can't wait to hear about it in $_FORUM_TIMER seconds

frosty lion
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250 codex charges = 4 months of grinding out your max 10/10 codexes each week plus quests
250 dust = I dunno, probably 5 months without buying dust gems?
25 mil = 2ish months hitting loot cap every week

hasty tulip
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It'd be swell if you get some kind of discount for overwriting a r1/r2 codex with a r3.

frosty lion
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A hard core player can probably do 3 T3 codices a year. A normal lifer can probably do 1-1.5 and an average player can do one every 2-3 years. provided you consider someone average being high enough level and geared enough to do onslaughts

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I have 40m exp and I consider myself very geared and I couldn't survive the last tier on the ship. I couldn't survive the first lift after fighting the boss twice.

boreal raven
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if that's your play style you're also very likely fine w/ doing a t2 for 1/5th the cost for 1 less bonus if you're doing a codex at all though. it's a pretty typical cost structure where the very top is a ridiculously less return on investment.

not to say it maybe isn't too aggressive, just that i think it's one of those "by the pricing, this is meant as optional but we'll take your sweet sweet silvers if you're a degenerate"

marsh mica
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can someone help me understand ```Property: Torn Focus
Mnemonic: tfocus
Description: You gain 1/1/2 Casting Strength.
Rarity: Common

  • Tiered (3)``` why would i ever make a t2 of this?
frosty lion
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It feels weirder when it's "we added more post cap content, but you can't actually take advantage without being a degenerate" Feels very p2w, without the actual ability to pay for that win 😂

marsh merlin
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Weren’t they discussing upping the bonus to 1/2/3?

boreal raven
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yes, and the as/ds ones to 3/4/5. dunno if still on the table or what

chrome mesa
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Are the vials of vodka common-ish drops?

frosty lion
marsh mica
foggy zodiac
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I found a gok nut but it got taken out of my inventory not sure what it was for

boreal raven
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that's just a regular herb

as in, a random forgable for bounties and such. why you would randomly have one i don't know

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#1505233733559521430 message - for the proposed scaling changes for them, but not sure they've said anything else since (though that seemed pretty definite, hopefully just a timing thing waiting for someone to have time to go change it)

foggy zodiac
frosty lion
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Can codex drop higher than tier 1, or is it pretty much extra steps for adding codex charges?

hybrid turtle
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Joined up with Malvadere, Grenidor and Ayvain, we full cleared a ship and then wrapped all four quests (both weekly and monthly) for everyone. I even found a codex. Turns out a cleric and 3 rogues is: quite good, actually


The runic codex contains the following property:

Property:    Vestige of Might (Rank 1 of 3)
Rarity:      Common
Mnemonic:    vmight
Description: You gain 1/1/2 Physical SMR Strength.  Reshape has no affect on this property.  You may equip any number of this property.  This property cannot be upgraded.

A Gemstone may be instilled with the codex's power by a sufficiently skilled artificer.  This process will erase another property on the Gemstone.```
wraith salmon
#

I still don't understand the point of a 1/1/2 progression, on something you can't upgrade. To say it makes zero sense is charitable.

hybrid turtle
# 
Rarity:      Common
Mnemonic:    vmagic
Description: You gain 1/1/2 Magical SMR Strength.  Reshape has no affect on this property.  You may equip any number of this property.  This property cannot be upgraded.```Found this guy too and lost it in the scroll apparently
frosty lion
foggy zodiac
#

I teamed up with Blades and managed to get wounded too much to cast, and died in the room right before the final death of the captain. I think you have to kill him 3 times.

#

He probably could have done it on his own though lol

orchid trout
#

Kill Blades 3 times? Hm

hybrid turtle
#

Nerf rogues

polar radish
#

Nerf Blades

orchid trout
#

This^

frosty lion
#

So right now, unless you can find higher than T1 codex then the price is essentially:

10m /  50 dust /   0 codex charges - +1 AS/CS/SMR Off/SMR Def/TD/EBP +2 DS
15m / 100 dust /  50 codex charges - +2 AS/SMR Def/TD/EBP +3 DS
35m / 300 dust / 250 codex charges - +2 CS/SMR Off +3 AS/CS/SMR Def/Td/EBP +4 DS
75m / 550 dust / 250 codex charges  - +2 CS/SMR Off +3 AS/CS/SMR Def/Td/EBP +4 DS on a legendary```  where you get one of those, not all of them 😂 and I guess you could put a T1/T2 on a Legendary and it would drop the next apply on it to 10m / 50 dust since it will convert that 3rd slot from legendary to common
marsh merlin
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You cannot, they all drop at T1

frosty lion
# marsh merlin You cannot, they all drop at T1

yeah, so essentially they're things you can lose that add extra steps to turn them into charges. I don't expect that there's a big overlap between "I'll pay 10m / 50 dust for +1" and "I'm willing to save up to write higher tier"

#

I also wonder how much overlap there is between "I'm willing to spend 35m / 300 dust / 250 codex charges" and "I'd rather spend that money on a gemstone that has two properties I want"

foggy zodiac
#

Anyone interested in trading their +CS codex for either Parry, or physical SMR?

frosty lion
hybrid turtle
#

If I didn’t need to replace an OSA property on my hex/stolen power stone I would definitely never use a single codex. Once I have that I’m finished. Onslaughts are very fun and cool though I’ll keep doing those sometimes.

frosty lion
#

yeah, originally I thought that these were supposed to be low power replacements for dealing with bad properties vs finding/buying a gem that has multiple good properties..but imo in the current market it's priced high enough that it makes more sense to find a gem that has two properties you're happy with unless you're trying to eeek out the highest number in one place you can

polar radish
worldly plover
#

in theory, you'd find a legendary for every single gem slot, and then use the codices to overwrite 4 of the legendary properties and 2 of the rare properties

frosty lion
#

If you have a group I'm sure you could chew through the onslaught enough times to get your weekly 10 codices in a few hours to make it easy enough to hit the max of 66 per month

foggy zodiac
#

Why is it always a completely magic immune monster, and never a physical immune? Or is there a secret to taking down diviners?

marsh mica
#

they have 1720 up, try a higher level spell

foggy zodiac
#

They're regularly avoiding 335/317 which is pretty darn high level

marsh mica
#

i think they also have an evanescent shield, which will be a hidden CS check. i haven't had trouble using 718 or 717 on them though. eta: 702 and 705 seem to bounce off the arcane barrier.

foggy zodiac
#

Got it so a fancy grotesque

#

I think that evanescent shield absorbs first hit or something

marsh mica
#

it's 319, so it can if you don't ward it. the warding check is hidden, but it looks like
||The evanescent shield shrouding a branded goliath diviner fades briefly.
The flaming aura surrounding you lashes out at a branded goliath diviner!
[SMR result: 126 (Open d100: 38)]
... 1 point of damage!
Minor burns to head. That hurt a bit.||

clear berry
foggy zodiac
#

Without the hell of sailor's grief this is a lot more fun.

clear berry
#

I will say Onslaughts are the most fun I’ve had in a long time.

polar radish
#

I wouldn';t know they wait to schedule them while I am not around

clear berry
#

Stop napping so much gramps.

polar radish
#

sadly I work and sleep for work

frosty lion
#

oh, for those who haven't seen the vodka that drops removes a weekly reshape use, allowing you to reshape multiple times per week without having to deal with the doubling costs. uh, but the vodka calls it reroll because no one can keep track of what this stuff is called. (Makes me think the code calls it reroll and not reshape)

You drink the viscous violet liquid and feel a strange sensation wash over you.  The weight of your past feels slightly lighter.
[You have removed 1 from your weekly Gemstone reroll count, leaving 0.]
That was the last drop.
The empty vial shatters into twinkling dust.
Roundtime: 3 sec.```
worldly plover
#

put it into a basketifier and see if you can permify it

formal wharf
#

Just managed to solo the ship's captain. That was a tough fight, had to use a daily charge of 1150, almost got stun/RT-locked to death. No codex today from the captain, either.

frosty lion
formal wharf
#

Not sure I follow. No, that was the final captain of the ship, not one of the minibosses. Unless I missed something.. I'll go back and check. Looks like you guys were right. >.<

clear berry
#

The captain runs away twice in the two lower floors and then you kill him in the top floor.

orchid trout
foggy zodiac
#

I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, but the first level of the hive the monsters count toward the empyrean quest despite being not even close to ascension levels

vale canyon
frosty juniper
#

I was fighting the captain, and at some point (after a few berserk attacks ended by stuns) it seemed like subsequent berserks didn't fire off any attacks, and I wasnt able to break the bersek until I was stunned. Might be related to the bearhug manuver?

frosty lion
foggy zodiac
#

I'll put in an official bug thing

gaunt cove
#

The Hive sounds a lot cooler than SG. Next roll of the dice

vale canyon
#

it is as long as you don’t mind getting cutthroated and evicerated every few rooms 😂 (still better then SG)

vale canyon
formal wharf
# 
You search the Empyrean captain.
He didn't carry any silver.
He had nothing of interest.
A battle-worn Empyrean captain's form stretches and distorts, its edges tugging apart into luminous threads.  They take on a dazzling array of colors, from rose pinks to spring greens to electric blues, before fading away with a final shimmer, leaving nothing behind.``` PHEW! Okay, I did manage to actually kill it with 4 minutes remaining. Still no codex. But 5000 field EXP? I'll take that.
spark token
#

Yeah, the field XP alone is going to make repeat runs worth it.

manic pebble
#

If you beat the captain as a group do you each get 5k?

foggy zodiac
#

How do I report success on my weekly/monthly quests to the artificer exactly?

manic pebble
#

When you show up game says QUEST CONTINUE, then it says QUEST COMPLETE

spark otter
#

I just battled a bunch of these outside the Hive. None had any treasure whatsoever. Is that intended? Both that they appeared outside the Hive, (e.g [Czeroth Subterrane, Cavern - 34161] (u13041007)) and that they had no treasure?

foggy zodiac
frosty juniper
#

Petition to make codexes work with Veola-type items

fallow igloo
foggy zodiac
desert elbow
#

can we get a trash bin at the Artificer for all the sacks?

foggy zodiac
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Or make the sacks tossable like other things

worldly plover
#

a small cloth bundle, i'm still hanging onto this!

foggy zodiac
#

I didn't think of it beforehand, but if you are the kind of person who likes to keep their head full, saving those weekly, and monthly quest completes for when RP stuff is happening is a great way to keep the exp movng while being able to attend RP events.

vale canyon
# manic pebble If you beat the captain as a group do you each get 5k?

10k field exp for each person (i checked a couple times and it looks like extra 2500 field exp for first captain fight, 2500 for second captain fight, 5000 for final captain fight, but I certainly could be off on that, what I can confirm is 10ish field exp after clearing the ship in one go after doing it twice in 2 days)

hasty tulip
#

An Elanthian insanity pepper doesn't seem like it'd make a good addition to the metal juicer. Try a flower, fruit, vegetable, herb, or spice.

I have great sadness. How am I going to sear the tastebuds of the unexpecting?

wraith salmon
#

Peppers are pretty clearly a spice, or veg.

hasty tulip
#

They're not built as part of the cooking system, which I pretty much figured but deep down had hoped.

wheat gyro
#

fruit ackchulley
and more specifically, they are berries I believe.

wraith salmon
#

Vegetable is a language construct, which doesn't actually have any scientific meaning. It's more a culinary term that means some botanical object used in savory dishes. The entire fruit/veg argument is a red herring.

foggy zodiac
marsh merlin
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Bananas are the best berries.

wheat gyro
#

Corn is the best seed imo

hybrid turtle
#

I'm struggling to understand why codexes even drop as physical items when almost nobody is going to actually instill a tier 1 ever, and instead just turning them in to the artificer to eventually Write a T3. This is just an extra step tbh. Instead of codexes the drops should be like, codex charge dust

desert elbow
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agree, I see 0 reason to instill a T1

wheat gyro
#

or make it an organic upgrade that can level as you go rather than just jumping to a max tier.

foggy zodiac
#

you can upgrade a T1 you instill right? sus

hybrid turtle
#

my understanding is no you cannot. they are not upgradeable at all

desert elbow
#

you replace an instilled T1 with a written T2 or T3 I think

foggy zodiac
#

well guess I wasted 10m silvers yesterday for +1 CS for the foreseeable future. kekw

hybrid turtle
#

i'm just skipping the instilled T1 entirely. blasting all my codex into the arti until i can afford to write a T3. assuming i understand how this works. and i am still Sort of Mad that these don't go +1/+2/+3 CS on tier 1/2/3

polar radish
rose cliff
tiny tinsel
boreal raven
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even for an alt i don't want to really invest in i'd do a T2

but sorry ranger boi, i love you but i don't t3 codex love you

foggy zodiac
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The +1 CS is kind of worth it to get rid of a trash trait like mystic magnification I had. Since T2 is exactly the same.

boreal raven
#

yeah, i found a decently legit legendary for ranged weapon user a while back i've been saving for when i get around to getting my ranger gemstone certified. that arcane opus just has a big CODEX ME neon sign on it

hasty tulip
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Ahhh because they're tied to the quest and we could potentially cook ourselves out of quest completion?

tiny tinsel
#

Yes

#

I did ask!

desert elbow
#

the desire to cook and consume insanity peppers almost outweighs the desire for the codexes themselves lol

tiny tinsel
#

I continually endeavor to allow you to taste the world

boreal raven
#

i am waiting for the first person who eats all of them then complains they can't finish the quest though 😄

wheat gyro
#

mmm gross.

hasty tulip
#

ROFL... I mean, that could 100% absolutely happen and I could definitely see us doing that... so it's warranted.

Maybe Auchand will let us grow some.

#

I wish I had farmed some more of them before I turned in the quest... just to have some for party favors.

polar radish
boreal raven
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i don't know if it's from the same mobs thatn drop them usually but i think nyxus said they are "a very rare drop when not on the quest" i'm pretty sure

(he in fact did)
They're a pretty rare drop if you aren't on the quest. Don't eat too many
#1505233733559521430 message

wheat gyro
#

can they be traded or are they bound?

foggy zodiac
wheat gyro
#

if they can be traded to others/alts, then why would it matter if you could juice them?

foggy zodiac
#

I am still hoping to hear an answer on if they can be farmed using the new farming system.

desert elbow
#

need to transplant a patch of Rift earth to your farm

foggy zodiac
#

rift farming sounds fun

tiny tinsel
#

Should they have a wiki page because they are items or not because they are quest things, is that a spoiler? Is this something a player will have to put on the wiki to make it seem like I am not giving away information. Does anyone think I actually have information to give away

wheat gyro
desert elbow
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I mean there is not much mystery to them in the quest...its clearly stated to get 5 of them from the masters. I dont think it would be quest-breaking to have them listed on the wiki

noble talon
#

Fun fact, they do drop outside the quest too. But they are very rare

#

Too rare to farm

#

I don't know how fun that fact was, in retrospect, if I'm being honest

#

And I am

rose cliff
#

Ed Currie is on it, Elanthian Insanity Pepper X coming soon to a farm near you

vague egret
#

Simucon Hotones take 2???

#

just realized, is the "Elanthian Insanity Pepper" a GS version of the simpsons pepper?

The "Guatemalan Insanity Pepper" (also known as the Merciless Pepper of Quetzalacatenango) is a fictional super-hot chili pepper from a classic 1997 episode of The Simpsons
noble talon
hasty tulip
#

That fact is very fun.
Now can you make fanatics drop gemstones so I can kill 2 birds with 1 stone? Thanks, love you Nyxus ❤️

noble talon
#

I love the rift and wish it had ascension creatures

#

I just need to clone Auchand

wheat gyro
#

why not a seventh circle of hell?

hasty tulip
#

I am very much on board with the "add new areas to existing places"

I think a whole new section of the scatter with ascension level rift mobs would be cool.

Take a couple of siphons, some cerebrilites and mash them together monstrosity-style and call it a day.

Same with SoS, Nelemar and OTF.

And then, for funsies, create a small new section for HW wholly populated with sybils, packmothers and wyrms. Nonstop.

vague egret
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Personal opinion, ALL current capped hunting areas should get a minor expansion area inside them with higher tuned creature variants that are Ascension creatures, but to avoid the airship bloat, could scope those to only be in "full" ascension zones instead of the capped area expansions.

  • Sanctum of Scales Ascension
  • Temple of Nelemar Ascension
  • Scatter Ascension
  • Old Ta'Faendryl Ascension
  • Atoll Ascension
indigo lynx
#

OTF ascension.... same ole lightning flaring weapon goodness now with reactive lightning flaring ascension armor

wheat gyro
#

here's my pitch. It's a scooby-doo corridor with a bunch of doors that loop back on themselves and the mobs are tuned to run unless cornered.

#

and whenever they move rooms they yell "Chasing!" or "MINE!"

hasty tulip
#

Nothing will ever beat the troll of giving us all a bunch of lightning-flaring HESS weapons then introducing us to SG. Intentional or not, I give props to Auchand for frustrating the absolute heck out of people with that. Well played, sir.

wheat gyro
#

mechanics gotta get tested somehow

spark token
#

Next Ascension area better be the Demon Wall

hasty tulip
#

Maybe we can talk Kenstrom into opening it back up so you can enjoy it for a hot minute.

wheat gyro
spark token
#

All creatures are boss level, require a group to take down, drop lockboxes, and reward 5k field XP

hasty tulip
#

(though Demonwall would be amazing to revisit as an ascension zone - it was awesome the first time.)

sour swan
wheat gyro
#

should we turn him into a goo first and then dribble him into a LLM data center via it's coolant intake?

sour swan
chrome mesa
#

Maybe a dumb question but I'll ask it anyhow: are the airships spell sever areas?

hasty tulip
#

I'm kind of curious how well Cursor would work with GSL.

wheat gyro
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probably fine, the only issue I see is that GSL is just old.
or rather was designed with a different set of sensibilities than current scripting languages that take full advantage of hindsight.

hasty tulip
#

It's old, but it also takes a lot more manipulation to work outside of the box, which based on the vibe coding I've done... isn't Cursor's strength.

frosty lion
#

Would be interesting to bump up the creature level in scatter and make it ascension, but I'm guessing it'd need more than just "numbre goes higher" to qualify

#

The little GSL I've seen looks really weird, but I don't think it'd be too difficult to get AI to do some of it. Feels more like a language designed in the 60s than the 80s/90s 😂 but that's a bit too off topic at this point

arctic tapir
#

south scatter should already be considered an ascension area. I think those liches can kill better than some ascension creatures at times. heh...

hybrid turtle
#

My hot take is liches aren't really dangerous, it's the phylacteries that make the south harder. But I'd love Ascension Scatter to be a thing.

boreal raven
#

ice cold takes:

  • all players need to stop thinking 7572501 experience it's time to asc. I get it, but that's not the intent and we need a range of non-asc cap difficulties at cap for people to grow into it
  • we shouldn't lose any hunting areas really ever. if they were to do anything like this it should add a new section of the rift/scatter with the asc things
  • icemule doesn't need effectively a third asc zone
vague egret
#

agreed, I'd prefer new zones in existing capped areas if they did it

boreal raven
#

need that river's rest asc area cause it's funny for years to be like "nothing over level 70. ok now you can have level 120 you happy?"

hybrid turtle
boreal raven
#

megashapers that have MDR 309 in their cloak

vague egret
#

RR is like that BBQ side dish everyone ignores and leaves untouched the entire day and everyone is like "who even brought that?"

hybrid turtle
boreal raven
vague egret
#

Would love to see RR get some capped (outside of confluence/GOS camps) and ascension hunting. Likewise for Teras to get ascension hunting.

arctic tapir
boreal raven
#

i still think we need a solid 85-95 option someplace. it still feels light. whatever gets an asc area next if it had something in that bracket too would be pretty nice

#

like an SOS expansion. add an outside area w/ sidewinders (96), maybe some other kinda desert critter that's like 85, some kinda undead husk things around 90

arctic tapir
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I feel like RR getting a capped hunting area could of brought back a lot of River Rats into the game. but missed opportunity.

boreal raven
#

but if it's the same entry mechanics as SoS probably still won't help (looking at you overly aggressive climb check + on teras f'eyrie). What if moonsedge but for level 90 dumb mobs. Like River's rest is all "oh man, did you guys know there's actually a back part of the zoo with REALLY giant rats?"

wraith salmon
#

I would love a rr asc area. I could go home.

proper osprey
#

I would love more asc giants/trolls/orcs

boreal raven
#

Let's get weird. Cysaegir

proper osprey
#

Should be more undead trolls/giants/orcs so they count for both societies

hasty tulip
#

No more 30' tall mobs, please.

boreal raven
#

they will be legally distinct trolls. not like grimswarm trolls don't be crazy

hasty tulip
#

Also, we're getting sooooooo far off topic now. ><

boreal raven
#

Like the only character i ever actually bother to do bloodspeaker and cannibal bounties on. like look at me! playing how my class is intended!

hybrid turtle
arctic tapir
polar radish
fallow igloo
proper osprey
worldly plover
#

can you make these undead? could use the favor

fallow igloo
# proper osprey If you can hunt rift well… you’ll be able to handle alot of other zones well… ju...

Nope, not been my experience. The swarms and how the creatures are designed are just slow deaths of RTs, Stuns until I run out of hit points. I'm great with 1 to 3 creatures but when I go out to those other areas I run into Auchand Designed for Ultimate Frustration Mobs (tm) who swarm 4 to 8 or more. Room after room and with how the critters are designed I'm running all the time or I'm dying even running I'm often beat up and dying. (shrugs) I'm so frustrated I could eat my motorcycle. ;p

frosty lion
#

Onslaughts is pretty much nonstop walls of creatures. I can't see my own attacks because something else scrolls it off screen by the time its done 😂 It's not very interesting to solo imo. I'll have to find people to group with whenever I do it again.

hasty tulip
#

It's glorious

proper osprey
#

tell those to the SG first timers

fallow igloo
#

Ugh, can't do the screen scroll of groups. Can't handle Auchands overly long descriptive creature messaging well for that matter. Hmm Ah well. I'll return you all to your regular conversation.

hasty tulip
#

Listen. SG being rough isn't primarily due to swarms.

wraith salmon
noble talon
soft stump
#

And I do miss the rift. Haven't hunted there since gemstones were released.

polar radish
wraith salmon
#

depart confirm, get sal, rub sal, rub sal, put sal in my cloak, mana spell.

polar radish
wraith salmon
#

Sure, but it also doesn't do anything bad if you just have it in the macro.

chrome mesa
#

It feels like it has taken me a lot longer to find the portal from the ground to the ship today than yesterday - did I get especially lucky? Am I potentially doing something wrong? Is there anything more to it than killing mobs on the ground?

sour swan
chrome mesa
#

Maybe! I'm noob here.

hybrid turtle
#

Anyone got spell preps for Empyreans? I have diviner so far. What else casts? Need to get kswole updated.

Auramancer:
A radiant-eyed goliath auramancer performs a series of intricate gestures as motes of color scintillate beneath his skin.

Captain:

A battle-worn Empyrean captain gestures one-handed, iridescent trails of energy sparkling after her fingers as she chants.

Diviner:
A branded goliath diviner stills for a moment, his lips working soundlessly as half-formed images flicker in his eyes.```
silk zenith
tiny tinsel
#

Do these goliaths count as hated enemies like other giants

hasty tulip
#

Not being able to loot things on the lift cause it ends and you get kicked off makes me feel some kind of way.

grizzled dirge
hybrid turtle
# 
You approach the prismatic rift.  Shards of rainbowed light reach out to engulf you, growing so bright that you cannot see.  When your vision clears, you find yourself elsewhere.
[Hinterwilds, Geistwalk - 29920] (u7503122)
Not a single pine needle mars the pristine white of the even stone road.  There is a painstaking precision to the cut of every stone block comprising it.  Light from the rippling aurora plays off of the road in a ripple of chilly hues, making the pathway appear as if it is undulating slowly, almost imperceptibly.  You also see a savage fork-tongued wendigo, a shimmering prismatic rift, a masked goliath plunderer and a behemothic gorefrost golem.
Obvious paths: southwest, northwest
>
A masked goliath plunderer lunges towards you, most likely intending to finish you off!
SMR SvD: +22 + Bonus: +33 + o100 roll: +176 == +231
A masked goliath plunderer makes a powerful thrust with his rainbow glaes sword-breaker at your throat!
Throat penetrated all the way to the spine as blood sprays all over the place!  What a mess.

It seems you have died, my friend.  Although you cannot do anything, you are keenly aware of what is going on around you...

You mentally give a sigh of relief as you remember that the Goddess Lorminstra owes you a favor.

...departing in 16 mins...```This is **unbelievably cheap**
silk zenith
#

Does the "groupmovement" flag not apply to getting on a lift for some reason. My flag is always on, but the other day, I managed to step into the lift solo because my two group members were in RT.

sour swan
#

Was that the 100% health coup bug death?

hybrid turtle
#

I didn't have 100% health I had just died and decayed and the second I stepped out the rift i get coup'd. Almost threw my laptop across the room lol

#

60m exp on my monk and I can confidently say I have zero chance of ever solo'ing the first captain. Which is fine. But lol at how badly it went.

vague egret
#

From what I can tell on GSTest, skills alone are not going to be able to do it on the captain. Having max trained wizard and fully trained ascension skills, it was still hard to do without the use of HEALME. You'll need some pretty good gear/enhancives to tackle it solo, mostly due to resource generation

hybrid turtle
#

Solo’ing the captain is just a measure of how much USD you’ve spent

hybrid turtle
vague egret
#

nice! the captain?

  insert(:name, %{battle-worn Empyrean captain})
  insert(:name, %{branded goliath diviner})
  insert(:name, %{burly goliath engineer})
  insert(:name, %{haze-shrouded goliath diviner})
  insert(:name, %{masked goliath plunderer})
  insert(:name, %{radiant-eyed goliath auramancer})
  insert(:name, %{tawny armor-clad pegasus})

That's all the creatures I know of

tiny tinsel
#

You can put the messaging on the wiki! I set up the creature pages!

hybrid turtle
#

Captain, diviner, auramancer cast

vague egret
#

You're missing the haze-shrouded goliath diviner if it's different from the branded goliath diviner Vanah

tiny tinsel
#

The hazy one is created as a shadow by the real one

#

Do they seem to be different other than the name

vague egret
#

No idea 😄 Just not mentioned anywhere else. Didn't spend enough time to see if they mirror'd the normal one or not. Too busy killing them to look at their abilities

polar radish
hybrid turtle
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A haze-shrouded goliath diviner stills for a moment, his lips working soundlessly as half-formed images flicker in his eyes.Same as the base goliath. Also I had the auramancer one wrong lol. Fixed now.

manic pebble
chrome mesa
#

So is the move pretty much to give all codices to the artificer?

hybrid turtle
frosty lion
manic pebble
#

I did notice a doom sign that I get hit with occasionally that rapidly drops my health
Haven't quite figured out what is causing it

hybrid turtle
#

My bard got hit with the Doom Sign just now. On a related note, Onslaughts are good fun for mains, but kind of mean alts can't hunt for four hours, lol.

formal wharf
hybrid turtle
#

Yeah that one’s a pain for real!

worldly plover
#

there's an awful lot of sitting from these quests. kill captain. wait for 5 hours to absorb. turn in quest. sit another 2 hours. x4

frosty lion
marsh merlin
worldly plover
#

What's the point of hunting with 10k exp in your head? No exp, no loot, no gemstones.

#

And if the unthinkable happens and there's an outage, and you can't get back in before you decay, you lose all that exp!

rose cliff
# marsh merlin Why would you wait?

Did it change from the other day? If you turn in the quests while saturated from the captains you don't get the exp rewards (until later when you're not saturated), or at least you didn't. I think the point was there's a lot of downtime to absorb the 10k after finishing if you just power through. You could take a break after each captain I suppose and not have a full 10k slug at once.

worldly plover
#

anyway, quest complete at the end of the day and then letting it absorb overnight sounds like a good plan

wraith salmon
#

So is the complaint….too much exp? Seems a weird problem to have.

silk zenith
worldly plover
#

it warns you not to...you get a message saying you're already saturated or something to that effect

rose cliff
#

I'm not complaining, just pointing out there's a logic to why you would wait. I just parked myself and touched grass for a bit.

rose cliff
worldly plover
# 
14:02:54: Your thoughts drift momentarily and you realize that your mind is already racing with your recent experiences.  You are unable to absorb anymore experience for the time being.```
marsh merlin
#

This was the first full onslaught that I was able to participate in, and it was a blast. Totally chaotic. Had to split my squad in half for lifts and captain fights which was a mini adventure all on its own. Probably won’t go full-squad for future onslaughts but I enjoyed the learning process immensely. Managed to down the captain with both, though the B squad only just eeked through. Warrior and sorc died almost right out the gate, wizard lost an arm. Managed to scrounge up the herbs while the cleric and paladin kept him busy. Also spent a few deeds on the way up with random deaths on a few. All in all the challenge felt appropriate though. Still haven’t had a chance to take inventory of everything 😂

next coyote
polar radish
#

Demonwall was awesome, loved those demon invasions

foggy coyote
#

There's a chance my pet rat got lost during the quest. Spoilers ahead.

||``` Crystalline Depths, Astral Tear — the crystal grotto, in your most recent log (2026-05-28_16-54-45.log, line 8602):

▎ "...You also see the Ruskos disk, a fat palm rat and an escape route. You are riding Stingbert, your vecdrae scythir."

This was the last time the rat was physically present in a room. Right after that (line 8604) you rode Stingbert through the escape route into the Monolith room, then cast Spirit Guide to whisk
back to the Bawdy Bard Inn. The palm rat did not come with you.```||

remote niche
#

I recognize that rat. If they still aren't back, feel free to drop an ASSIST and we can help.

stable mango
#

Oh, never mind, I just got told.

marsh mica
#

i think the lifts are eating pets and disks, though. our group's disks all disappeared after doing one, and my dog did as well, even though the spell was still showing in spell active as if he was still there.

stable mango
#

The Doom thing had a weird descriptor in the debuffs window too, I forget exactly what it said but it had $'s in it and such

grizzled dirge
stable mango
remote niche
ebon ocean
#

Is there informations somewhere in this thread about codecies? what they are and how they work?

vale canyon
# ebon ocean Is there informations somewhere in this thread about codecies? what they are an...

"The artificer continues, "The cost is high and three-fold. First, it will require an expenditure of stored codex charges. Second, it will require silver. Third, it will require Dust. If you are one of those who believes in greatness at any cost, then let us discuss brass tacks."

Rank 1 Cost: 10 stored codex charges, 1,000,000 silver, 10 Dust.
Rank 2 Cost: 50 stored codex charges, 5,000,000 silver, 50 Dust.
Rank 3 Cost: 250 stored codex charges, 25,000,000 silver, 250 Dust.
#

they all drop at rank 1, and can’t be upgraded, but you can give them to the artificer to turn them into 1 codex charge

if you want a rank 2 or rank 3 then the artificer can WRITE you one for the cost above. A codex can be INSTILL into an exiting gemstone to replace 1 property

there are 10 different codex properties, I can’t find the list of what each does yet but here are the names of them:

#

The artificer calmly says, "Yes, with sufficient resources I am able to write a new codex for you. I know of the following properties."

Property 1: Torn Focus
Property 2: Vestige of Might
Property 3: Vestige of Magic
Property 4: Tarnished Seal
Property 5: Fraying Barrier
Property 6: Hollow Defense
Property 7: Splintered Legacy
Property 8: One Last Job
Property 9: Cracked Aegis
Property 10: Half-Forgotten Rhythm
#

the are kind of like runes of power in that they give minor boosts to AS or DS or CS or TD or SMR, and when I say minor the breakdowns are 1/1/2 for CS and the AS one is said to be changing to 2/3/5 (so a rank 3 would be +5 AS)

#

there is no +DF codex so really the only couple that will probably be most used at the +AS one and the +CS one (and maybe someone would do a +SMR)

#

you can replace multiple properties if you want to, so you could replace all 3 properties on a legendary gem.

they are random drops in ascension areas, and drop more frequently in onslaughts, you can only find 10 a week through the loot drops.

the new 4 onslaught quests also give you codices as a reward, 2 for each weekly quest and 4 for each monthly quest and those don’t count towards your 10 looted per week. Also killing the captain on the onslaught airship also drops codices, not sure if that’s a guaranteed drop but I think so, but only the person looting the captain gets it right now (sounds like that will be changed to align with new group loot mechanic)

I think that should cover all the important parts

#

you can ask the artificer for more information on the different codex properties

hybrid turtle
# 
You search the gigas shield-maiden.
You discard the shield-maiden's useless equipment.
She didn't carry any silver.
She had nothing of interest.
 ** Among the remains, you find a skin-bound runic codex tattooed with thick crimson ink at your feet! **
Rot consumes a brawny gigas shield-maiden's body, leaving little behind.
[You have been awarded 1 Long Term Experience!]```Hey, so. Is this supposed to be a thing?
vale canyon
hybrid turtle
#

I mean that doesn’t imply it’s intended behavior, lol

spark token
#

The Gigas are doing Onslaughts, too

vale canyon
#

been mentioning it for awhile now expecting to get corrected, also I have been getting them in hive so not like an onslaught was there last

noble talon
#

Should be fixed soon

marsh merlin
#

Will FIXATE reset with the monthly rollover?

river parcel
#

fixate is life now! I don't even know how much loot I'm losing, but I don't see myself passing up double chances for a good gemstone

marsh merlin
#

Yeah so far I'm a fan as well. Nothing game changing, but I've had a few geodes that presented me with a double prop instead of a single duststone.

boreal raven
#

my one fixated character is like 500+ kills in while fixated (all empyreans) with no drop. this dude also, admittedly not played as much, hasn't had a 2 gem month since like jan or december lol. (probably around 2.5-3k kills monthly post pity gem). Just absolutely cursed lol

frosty lion
noble talon
boreal raven
#

yeah i mean, little disappointing but also not expecting it to suddenly make it rain geodes. was hopefuly the empyrean + fixate bumps would be the little shove that idiot's RNG needed lol

sour swan
#

Dang...Nidal doesn't deserve that kinda talk

boreal raven
#

First of all, he completely does. The worst.

Second, what's worse? his terrible nidalstones or my specifically just this one character who for some reason the system hates who doesn't even get the drops? (it's the nidalstones)

polar radish
hybrid turtle
timber flax
#

Question on fixate, and excuse me if it's already been previously answered, but when you fixate and find a gem, does the loot generation resume normally, or do the nerfed conditions continue for the whole week?

sour swan
marsh merlin
#

RE: announcement - I didn't see a single vodka drop from yesterday's onslaught. Could be just be bad luck, but it seemed like people were finding multiple in previous ones. Anyone get one yesterday?

noble talon
#

They're pretty rare

formal wharf
# timber flax Question on fixate, and excuse me if it's already been previously answered, but ...

The language for the command is pretty misleading, IMO.
Fixating enhances your Gemstone search in two ways: When you find a Gemstone, it will be encased in a crystalline geode containing two Gemstones to choose from. Additionally, your odds of finding a Gemstone will increase. In exchange, you will forfeit opportunities for treasure in ascension hunting grounds. This setting will be disabled automatically at the end of the day, or when you find a Gemstone, whichever comes first. You will not be able to disable this setting manually. If you are certain that you would like to do so, please enter GEM FIXATE again within 30 seconds. That "this setting will be disabled... when you find a Gemstone.." implies that your loot should go back to normal when you find a gemstone. If it doesn't, that language should probably be updated.
Also.. what's with calling a codex "vodka"? What am I missing there? 😅

hasty tulip
#

I have managed a vodka drop every onslaught so far. 💪

marsh merlin
#

Vodka is a different thing. Not related to codices

hasty tulip
vague egret
formal wharf
#

Apparently I found a vodka, which was sitting in my bag. Thanks! 💗

vague egret
#

what's the full name? Is it just vial of vilet vodka ?? I'd like to add it to gameobj

boreal raven
#

You notice a viscous vial of violet vodka and a shimmering prismatic rift.

formal wharf
#

That's a lot of 🇻 s. 💗

boreal raven
mellow shard
#

Yes.. yes it is. 😁

hasty tulip
#

Do we expect anything less?

worldly plover
#

anyone selling bulk peppers yet?

wraith salmon
#

My understanding is they are pretty rare if you aren't on that step of the quest, and if you are on it, the amount of extra ones you can get is pretty limited.

noble talon
#

Also aren't entheogens best taken infrequently?

worldly plover
#

maybe someone will figure out how to grow them in the new farming system

marsh merlin
#

Considering they have a mechanical benefit, seems unlikely

frosty juniper
sour swan
wraith salmon
hasty tulip
#

Originally farming didn't work with cooking (I don't know in it's current state if it does)

wraith salmon
#

That statement is hilarious.

worldly plover
#

🤔 should quest codices really be counted as part of your weekly 10?

marsh merlin
#

They aren't
Codices found this week: 1/10
and I claimed 3/4 quests

worldly plover
#

really? i think i was at 6 and then turned in a quest and got a sack and now i'm at 10/10. maybe i'm misremembering

hybrid turtle
#

My total is definitely only counting those I find as drops

worldly plover
#

hmm okay. i'm probably misremembering then

tiny tinsel
#

Do these new treasure items drop from any Ascension creatures or just the Empyreans? After completion of whichever quest?

Are there any other ones:

  • Viscous vial of violet vodka
  • Elanthian insanity pepper
  • Gemstone codex
  • Gemstone geode

Does Dust drop from any Ascension creature? Just after whichever quest?

hasty tulip
#

Elanthian insanity pepper
Unless I missed something, this still only drops off fetish masters in the Rift (and not ascension)?

tiny tinsel
#

An Elanthian insanity pepper is an item found when looting darkly inked fetish master. There are silver and crimson varieties. They cannot be farmed or cooked with.

Is that more accurate

sour swan
wraith salmon
#

Geodes are any asc creature, assuming you have set fixate on for the week, And have completed the gemstone quest, whatever it's called.

hasty tulip
#

Sparkling Ascent.

river parcel
#

Codex dropped definitely NOT during an onslaught - intended?You search the gigas skald. You discard the skald's useless equipment. He didn't carry any silver. He had a rutilated twilight tourmaline on him! He had nothing else of value. ** Among the remains, you find a marble-lined runic codex chiseled with cerulean runes at your feet! ** A grim gigas skald's corpse succumbs to rot, collapsing in upon itself until naught but dust remains.

noble talon
river parcel
#

lemme verify, I think earlier this morning (ya pretty sure this was ~4 hours ago)

noble talon
#

Ah. That makes sense then

#

should be fixed now

warped atlas
#

Awe man, that was a feature, not a bug!

worldly plover
#

btw did yesterday's onslaught start early?

mental gull
#

don't think so. seemed to occur exactly when the timer said it would

proper osprey
#

There can only be 5 portals up at Any given time… does that mean only 5 parties as well?

noble talon
#

No limit on number of parties

boreal raven
light coral
#

random ascension spawn? or do they follow an order

warped atlas
rose cliff
white verge
#

||Your brain is unable to withstand the continued onslaught! Lightning roils from your skull to the ground, leaving your body mercilessly scorched in its wake!
Your grass bracelet pulses briefly, deflecting some of the electrical damage! The bracelet glints one last time, then grows dim.
... 610 points of damage!
Powerful blast sends most of you up in smoke!||
Oh good, my ranger trinket protected me. That would have been so much worse without it!

worldly plover
#

Is there a way to tell if you're under the FIXATE loot decrease for the week? Like is there a difference between (a) found a gem that week - > fixate says you found a gem recently and (b) found all 3 gems for the month -> fixate says you found a gem recently?

hasty tulip
#

Nyxus! Thank you for making the codices group lootable. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

manic pebble
#

We need spawns of 20+ empyreans in groups of 4+

arctic tapir
#

so for this whole Empyrean thing do I need to do a quest to get in here?

manic pebble
#

  • A Sparkling Ascent

  • Shadow's Descent

In your quest list

noble talon
arctic tapir
warped atlas
#

kind of surprised i did all 3 captains (and the correlated kills) and didn't find a single codex.

#

yet I found 2 earlier today off vampires 😆 (it was a feature! not a bug!!!)

Codices found this week: 2/10```
flat eagle
#

first time seeing this

Sorry, system is slow.  No type ahead allowed.
rose cliff
#

Me and Kontii did a run as a group of 3 I don't think spawns were a problem for our group. They did thin out once you got off the 1st 2 levels since a lot of people weren't past the captains like some floors had none unless you waited around but then they came steadily once you did. It did feel like there was a lot of people before the 1st captain and at one point it seemed like people the rooms were all camped out or you hand people just accidentally stepping in that space feels like it could be larger or maybe its just because its new.

old forge
#

Trying to leave the the airship via the rift...

Stepping through this rift will take you to the ground far below!

[Repeat this command within 30 seconds to confirm.]
>go rift
>
Stepping through this rift will take you to the ground far below!

[Repeat this command within 30 seconds to confirm.]
>go rift
Stepping through this rift will take you to the ground far below!

[Repeat this command within 30 seconds to confirm.]
>go rift
Stepping through this rift will take you to the ground far below!

[Repeat this command within 30 seconds to confirm.]
>go rift
Stepping through this rift will take you to the ground far below!

[Repeat this command within 30 seconds to confirm.]
>go rift
Stepping through this rift will take you to the ground far below!

[Repeat this command within 30 seconds to confirm.]
>go rift
>
Stepping through this rift will take you to the ground far below!

[Repeat this command within 30 seconds to confirm.]```
#

Was a bit crazy to try and stop and bug the room, so figured I'd post it here.

EDIT- I'm pretty sure I figured out why, I was mounted. Wouldn't let me leave while mounted, so had to dismount and no problem from there.

worthy shore
#

So, my understanding is that you can't use the Gemstone Onslaught command unless you've done the quest for onslaughts, right? Would be nice to be able to see that even if you haven't, though. I'd definitely like to know to just avoid Moonsedge in advance when the time comes.

frosty lion
hasty tulip
# noble talon are the spawn rates too low?

I don't think spawn rates are low, they were spawning nice and quickly... but with 4 of us there and only sets of 3 spawning, we were kind of waiting around for a bit.

I doubt we're in the majority of people who would like moar spawns for our group, though.

proper osprey
#

Is there a way to refight a boss? One of party members was silenced and injured so wasnt ablt to claim credit for a kill... we had to leave him behind

noble talon
proper osprey
#

It was most unfortunate... it was after the 2nd boss.. wasn't able to go with us further past the portal and we weren't able to go back

agile parcel
#

Onslaughts are fun. 5 stars, Team
🌟 🤩 ✨️ 😍 💛 💖 🌟

proper osprey
#

So much fun for real... my hand needs carpel tunnel recovery from all the action of trying to keep up manually

marsh merlin
#

Rough one today, got a late start and spent more deeds than last time. But still a blast. Although I forgot that 1640 clears your EXP, pretty brutal if you've got a head full of captain XP up there 😭

worldly plover
#

has anyone noticed something about the ships killing off their dhu kittens? Both times I did this event, my kitten has disappeared permanently and required assisting

marsh merlin
#

Others have reported that the lifts eat pets

worldly plover
#

😭 my poor kitten...dead twice in as many days

wheat gyro
#

stop killing kittens

marsh merlin
#

I mean stop taking kittens hunting, that’s no place for them 😝

worldly plover
#

I'm hoping it'll flerken the captain if I get incapacitated or something

rose cliff
#

Sounds like its fair game then

heady glade
wheat gyro
#

maybe?

hybrid turtle
#

With FIXATE tied to weekly loot, could we get rid of the 3/month gemstone limit and go with a 1/week limit?

edgy pelican
#

We had a group of 4 assaulting the Empyrean ship last night. We cant figure out why but a couple times when going onto the lifts one of us would be left behind and then end up solo on the lift. Group movement was confirmed on.

vale canyon
#

interested if this is a bug, also had this happen to us

noble talon
#

I’ll take a peek. Sounds like a bug

vague egret
#

Anyone able to share with me the messaging you get when you find a vodka (as it's placed at feet it sounds like?) as I want to make sure eloot is handling it ok.

desert elbow
#

i dont have the messaging, but can confirm eloot put some vodka in my general container

vague egret
#

maybe it uses the existing generic messaging we already had for codex/jewels 😄

regex_at_feet = /^(?:<pushBold\/> \*\* (?:A glint of light catches your eye, and you notice|Among the remains, you find|Among the spoils, you find)|Among the remains, you find) an? <a exist="(?<id>[\d-]+)" noun="(?<noun>[\w-]+)">(?<name>[\w\s-]+)<\/a>.*?(?: at your feet! \*\*|! \*\*|, which falls alongside your feet\.)$/
rose cliff
#

** Among the remains, you find a viscous vial of violet vodka at your feet! **

#

there's also among the spoils though for the captains: ** Among the spoils, you find a marble-lined runic codex chiseled with cerulean runes! **

vague egret
#

Thanks, looks like possibly need to make the push old and the asterisks optional.

rose cliff
#

yea I've gotten with an without the asterisks

vale canyon
#

now that rogues can hide with something placed at their feet, I’m wondering what happens if you forget something is placed at your feet and something else tries to get placed at your feet?

noble talon
#

then you have two things at your feet

gaunt cove
#

Three also 😉

quick pelican
#

yes and then you’ll be like Geijon just standing there having a little chat with friends casually STANDING ON A PILE OF CODEXES

#

(New way for short races to gain some height just dropped! Literally. At your feet. For you to step on.)

rose cliff
#

It's the new status symbol.. how many codex can I have at my feet before I crash the game

sour swan
#

Interesting - but if you were to try and manually place things at your feet...isn't there a limit?

marsh mica
#

yes, but things like giftboxes and apparently codices can get past the limit.

quick pelican
#

(Insert “the limit does not exist gif)

frosty juniper
#

Fixate loot suppression turns off after finding your gemstone right?

worldly plover
#

nope 🙁 and we can't even tell if it's on or off 🙁

#

at least, i recall seeing Nyxus post something a while back saying the loot nerf still applies. i think

frosty juniper
#

The messaging says it turns off loot suppression once you find a gemstone

marsh merlin
#

Another request for consideration @noble talon : if you enter an arch with a group and the captain dies, you should get credit. My B squad got screwed up last night because of some unfortunate insta-deaths where 2 of them died before contributing. Downed the captain with the remainder but ended up without a way to progress because the victors couldn’t re-attempt but the fallen couldn’t go through the portal

worldly plover
sour swan
worldly plover
#

yea, but then he said it's very mysterious and we should test it! so i dunno. 😭

sour swan
proper osprey
warped atlas
#

I gotta say - i cannot figure out the insanity peppers in the scatter.... i have some guys that find em every 3-4 kills, some guys that can't find them after 20.

Does loot cap have an implication on find rates? or is RNG just RNG'ing

noble talon
#

Sounds like RNG

#

Unless they actually can't find any, after like 25-30 kills, that would be suspicious

#

Possible but very suspicious

#

Even 10 should be very unlikely

boreal raven
#

I was gonna say it felt like 15%-20% or so for me. My first run was really back weighted before I found one the other 2 I’ve done so far were a lot more consistent.

gaunt cove
#

I bet I killed 50 of them. I'd put it in the 8-10% drop range.

toxic jackal
#

you should add a GAZE to the arch so you can see your kill count

warped atlas
#

With continued expansion of Codex & Gemstones in the game....

Can we get a researcher of some type in each town that deals with Gemstones & Codexes (the basic services the artificer provides).

Feels like it would be a nice QoL improvement for everyone.

warped atlas
#

Also - It will be interesting if they start to compile participation stats across each zone 🙂

weary ridge
# 
You can't board the lift while  is still busy!```
hybrid turtle
manic pebble
#

I hate SG just because its a pain to get there and leave

edgy pelican
#

Lift is broken

#

I assume its been reported but no one can go on the lifts right now

hybrid turtle
#

The size of the Oof I would Oof if I traveled to SG to run into a broken Onslaught

edgy pelican
#

Im oof'ing

weary ridge
#

@slender spoke

toxic jackal
#

yeah

#

Broken lifts they gonna be fixed soon?

slender spoke
#

What are the symptoms?

opal walrus
# 
You can't board the lift while  is still busy!```
edgy pelican
#

go lift
You can't board the lift while is still busy!

stable mango
#

I've been trying to fix it with gnomish tools, but they're not doing the job!

toxic jackal
#

it keeps saying its busy

manic pebble
#

Long line of empyreans using it steadily

slender spoke
#

I'm taking a look.

toxic jackal
#

like its looking for a person and its not seeing it

opal walrus
#

an invisible wizard is dead and the doors can't close on him

stable mango
spark token
#

Some kid ran in and pushed all the buttons

slender spoke
#

Check now?

stable mango
# 
You can't board the lift while  is still busy!```
#

Still a no go, so far.

fervent finch
#

It's doing the elevator equivalent of a burnout.

stable mango
#

Maybe it thinks one of the disks, animals, pets, etc. are stuck in RT which is why it's not giving a character name in the entry field. Since they trail after they're stuck so we're stuck

opal walrus
stable mango
#

Hmm. maybe not, dismissed mine and tried solo and still didn't let me go through, same message

edgy pelican
#

They keep sending engineers but we keep killing them.

toxic jackal
#

this onslaught a wash?

indigo lynx
stable mango
#

Lift is up

weary ridge
#

It would be awesome to get an Onslaught Info that could help keep track of our Kills.

light coral
#

@noble talon can you make the sack from completing the dailies TOSSable?

soft stump
#

Interesting... it is now a new week for those of you on east coast... yet GEM STATUS says fixate is still active?

lavish patio
#

Seeing the same thing. However, the messaging for GEM FIXATE also acts as if I don't have it active, so... not sure which is true.

indigo lynx
#

On my alt that did not find a gem this week and used Gem FIXATE it is still active at 12:55am

soft stump
#

Well, will do a few more hunts on character who still does not have first gem of the month... on the last day of the month. See if I can get a geode

#

Unsure how this group loot works with the pity counter for the first gem of the month. Killtracker says this character has 1132 searches this month. Until midnight, this week's (last week's now) could have been searched with one other eligible looter

#

Related topic... can group members get dust and jewels from a rogue's mug?

lavish patio
#

Gemstones definitely yes, since I've done it. Haven't seen Dust yet, but I assume yes.

heady glade
#

Can confirm that character that uses gem fixate last week and found a gem still has the gem fixate message.

Not sure if it's affecting treasure or gem for this week of one day. (Didn't find 3 this month so technically eligible for 1 today, may 31

noble talon
#

I’ll take a peek

soft stump
#

I used gem fixate yesterday on two characters on different accounts. Neither found jewel or geode. One of those two still has zero for the month. Both showed fixate active after midnight, so on Sunday 5/31.

noble talon
#

Does the messaging correct itself if you kill and loot an ascension creature?

old forge
#

I had about 1000 searches last week and found zero dust. I did find a gem on Friday but zero dust for the week was odd.

wraith salmon
#

Did you actually get zero, or did Killtracker say you got zero. There was a small change to the messaging I think, (capitalization if I recall) and I don't know if KT got updated.

old forge
#

Stayed at 11 dust all week

soft stump
noble talon
spark otter
#

When a pegasus carrying a rider enters and you kill the pegasus before the rider dismounts, the rider mob disappears along with it rather than being ejected to face the fight. Is it intended?

thick fjord
#

what's the expected drop rate of codices? had multiple group members complete an onslaught with none. not looking for an exact rate of course, just wondering about expectations. feels kinda bad to spend an hour or two on an onslaught and get nothing

frosty lion
noble talon
proper osprey
#

Still haven’t made it to the last captain, and have used the adventure guild recovery system more in the last two onslaught than I have in the last two years…

But damn, it’s just so fun. Thanks all for the good times.

Tbh, also really great to see people hunting together again…

Thanks again for the last minute rescue last night as well… literally a min away from decay and two from onslaught closing. Lifetime adventure memory right there 💜

thick fjord
#

just to be clear though, I thought it was fun and quite challenging with a group of 3, just would hope for a better end-reward for going through all 3 captains (although it is a ton of exp which is nice)

thick fjord
proper osprey
#

Can you get a dust and codex drop on the same LOOTing of a creature? If it's one or the other, does the dust take priority?

soft stump
soft stump
#

Were there any changes or side-effects to the pity counter for first gemstone of the month with the introduction of group loot?

#

Don't get me wrong, I love the group loot. Just wondering if I lost the ability to focus searches on someone for their first gemstone of the month. I've been pushing hard on a wizard since early yesterday afternoon, including gem fixate.

worldly plover
#

It's still May

soft stump
#

I know it is. This is still for first gem for this character. Yes, on May 31st.

river parcel
#

I think I always have this same base chance and bonus when attempting to dispel the runestonesYou focus your intent on dispelling the magic powering a pale hovering runestone. d100: 18 + Base Chance: 5 + Bonuses: 36: 59. Failure!I presume others have different bonuses and/or base chance? chime in and share if you do

worthy shore
#

You reserve your horned rowan stang for use in combat.

heady glade
river parcel
#

have the roll in a log? (I mean, I suppose I can hop on the test server too and see what affects it)

marsh merlin
#

I just attacked the runestones. They went away in a few hits

#

Doesn’t use AS/DS

manic pebble
#

I've never bothered with runestones. I just kill

river parcel
#

you can attack them? huh...

sour swan
#

There was a pretty severe consequence for trying and failing to dispel with spell thieve. Not sure about 119/417 or spell cleave.

marsh merlin
#

Yeah don’t dispel. Just attack. No risk

soft stump
#

Hmm... Now at 1565 individual searches for the month for a first gem, plus 738 by others in group in past few days. (not including mugs). I thought 1500 was the suspected max for pity counter?
I expect I was in a minority for not having pity gems before the group changes, but... this doesn't seem right. Still 3 hours to push it.
[edit, just before midnight: 1877 individual searches, 746 group searches, not including mugs] Attempted first gem of the month and failed.

river parcel
#

that runestone considerably buffs their DS and gives them some serious padding - if I don't dispel, I've gotta disable some that wouldn't otherwise require it; but I am not sure whether it's worth it or not; the 40% chance success rate doesn't feel great

manic pebble
#

What I mean is I just attack the empyreans. I've never noticed the runestones doing enough to prevent me from altering from incant 506, KILL, kill, kill, more kill...

river parcel
#

ah, I misunderstood

marsh merlin
#

I meant attack the runestones to destroy them

river parcel
#

so this on test server```>att runes
You slash the hovering runestone, knocking free a few chunks of pale stone!

att runes
You slash the hovering runestone, knocking free a few chunks of pale stone!
Light and hue depart the hovering runestone in a rainbowed flash. It crashes to the ground and shatters into pale dust.```I totally didn't realize there is zero round time, just spam it a few times and they're gone...? working as intended? same as live? I feel like a sucker for trying to dispel them

sour swan
toxic jackal
#

when is the next onslaught?

hybrid turtle
# 
>
There is no Onslaught currently active.  The next one is scheduled to occur on Volnes, Lumnea 1st at 13:16 (2 hours, 15 minutes, 52 seconds from now).```You can check with `GEM ONSLAUGHT`
toxic jackal
#

thanks i've got time to get back anyone I can join with?

sour swan
# 

USAGE: GEM {option} {args}

Options:

  ACTIVATE {property}  - Attempt to use an activated Gemstone property
  SLOTS {FULL}         - Shows equipped Gemstones, their properties, and your slot status
  INFO {property}      - Shows information on a given gem property
  COLLECT {Gemstone}   - Adds a Gemstone you are holding to your collection
  EXPEL {Gemstone #}   - Places a Gemstone from your collection into your hand
  EQUIP {Gemstone #}   - Equips a Gemstone from your collection
  UNEQUIP {Gemstone #} - Unequips a Gemstone from your collection
  LIST {type}          - Lists collected Gemstones, where type is LEGENDARY, RARE, COMMON, REGIONAL, or ALL
  FIND {type} {phrase} - Finds and lists Gemstones alphabetically, with mnemonics
  STATUS               - Show your eligibility to find Gemstones
  FIXATE               - Improve chances for finding Gemstones at the expense of other kinds of loot```
hybrid turtle
sour swan
#

I can't just...sacrifice a duststone! I NEED DUST!

indigo lynx
#

Do we think having totally random onslaughts has been good for most people? It would be interesting to track what the average time of day is for them. Like should these events skew more towards after work hours on weekdays and not "crack of dawn" hours on weekends?

light coral
#

i asked about a rare drop ala idols but no one seemed to be on board

wraith salmon
vale canyon
sour swan
indigo lynx
#

Yeah, I think I saw a message that Sunday's one started around 8-9am EST so I was curious what the average time was. 8pm on Fri/Sat seems good.

fallow igloo
sour swan
#

Oh that is just...kinda embarrassing.

fallow igloo
#

The whole Gemstones thing kinda boggles me currently. I need to go to the wiki, find the articles, grok them and then attempt to lamely do it. @sour swan I like the useful information you posted above. Wish I could even see that even if I can't do the actual Gemstone stuff yet.

sour swan
#

Or...you just raise your hand and big pappa Kontii and some others carry you in their bosom through the Wyrom/sybil and gently nudge you through the other stuff! But seriously - Leafiara wrote a really comprehensive guide through the QUEST that I used... it is great! I will say, 100% honestly - Gemstones elevated my post-cap experience.

wraith salmon
#

Yeah, wyrmhunters carried probably 95% of people who finished the quest through it. Though, I don't think gemstones are as important, or good, as Oamir does. But, you do need to finish that quest to do the onslaught one.

sour swan
# fallow igloo The whole Gemstones thing kinda boggles me currently. I need to go to the wiki, ...

Hey - just sent you a Friend Request cause I tried sending you a message and then it wouldn't go through without a friend request. ANyways - I'll repeat the message here publically but remove some of the heart and eggplant emojis. "I am also very happy to answer any questions you might have regarding gemstones if you have an easier time consuming information via conversation than just straight reading it"

fallow igloo
hasty tulip
#

There was a time when Oamir also believed gemstones weren't great.

wraith salmon
#

I think that if you get the right combo of gemstones they can have a meaningful impact. I think the RNG, (even with fixate) and the sheer number of frankly terrible properties, makes the system terrible.

sour swan
# hasty tulip There was a time when Oamir also believed gemstones weren't great.

Yes - That was sort of a chicken and an egg situation. I was so disallusioned with post-cap life that I didn't want to give gemstones a chance...but once I had my hands on some really good gemstones and I had things to WORK towards - it felt a lot better to actually keep earning exp and dust and money to pay for those things.

#

The system definitely had the potential to be terribly frustrating...like if they made them non-tradeable.

hasty tulip
#

I don't disagree, there are a fair number of gemstones that will enhance your current kit, but there are only a handful of "game changing" ones... and the low opportunity and chance to obtain those is fairly demotivating.

I will still die on the hill that regional gemstones, and this goes quadruply for regional gemstones for hunting grounds that aren't even ascension... should be deleted from the game. Including the only good Hive one.

desert elbow
#

I would sacrifice my astral spark slot if it meant all the others would be removed without hesitation

hasty tulip
#

I might be extra salty this morning because my gemstone turned out to be that nelemar one.

stable mango
#

I personally see gemstones as simple min-max flavor. There actually aren't many legendary's I'm even interested in as it seems like the melee side of it has much fewer options in general. I'm also not a mirror image groupie.

My favorite so far is Geomancer's spite simply because it lets Peri do some earth magic.

hasty tulip
#

My favorite so far is Grand Theft Kobold, you can probably figure out why.

stable mango
#

I do agree that regionals could be rethought or reworked. Bane slots might be more interesting than regional slots, i.e. abilities that only worked on specific types of creatures.

noble talon
#

In retrospect, GTK probably should have been an elite ascension skill. But the name was just too good.

noble talon
fallow igloo
terse fern
hasty tulip
fallow igloo
hasty tulip
fallow igloo
#

Ok, that is a really good one. I love it.

indigo lynx
#

Should include a 30% chance to double-pickpocket the player

noble talon
hasty tulip
#

I want a skill that allows you to put thing in other people's pockets

stable mango
hasty tulip
stable mango
fallow igloo
#

I'm reading through the list of gemstone properties and they're rather interesting. Unfortunately actually interacting with the system feels very draining silver wise. I'd bought one of those Empath items from Travia which was a game changer for me last year and I'm still under 4 million silver. lol So definitely baby steps for me into the Gemstone situation after I get wacked by a Wyrm. lol

boreal raven
hasty tulip
sour swan
#

(Riend slips a small black note into Oamir's pocket snickering as they imagine him opening it only to discover the words, "I hate your player")

hasty tulip
#

Riend doesn't hate anyone!

soft stump
proper osprey
#

Just realized that my monthly onslaught quest turn in got reset last night after the crash and I had to return it in today... But am locked out for the month .. Am I just SOL now?

polar radish
hybrid turtle
#

Can we vote to remove SG from the rotation for Onslaughts

proper osprey
#

No - Only if we remove the hive from rotation as well

polar radish
hybrid turtle
#

Like 50% of them are in SG so far

rose cliff
hybrid turtle
#

Gonna take more than Onslaughts

proper osprey
#

I love SG but I will admit.. if you die... its really, really difficult to make it back to town

wraith salmon
#

Can we move them all to SG, that way I don't have rando empyreans in my pits?

hybrid turtle
#

The SG hunting zones themselves are fun. The whole area is inconvenience stacked on inconvenience in the name of immersion or some other reason.

spark otter
stable mango
#

My opinion, there's nothing wrong with SG, but that's just me.

light coral
soft stump
spark token
# 
The artificer tells you, "I'll take what you owe from your accounts in Mist Harbor."

It also accepts 50 Dust.

As if from nowhere, the artificer produces a runic codex.  The artificer snaps its fingers and the codex opens, revealing a blank page.  The artificer snatches up a nearby quill and speaks a few inaudible words in a low tone, and the quill begins to drip a shimmering blood red ink.  "Don't worry," the artificer says, "That's not blood.  At least not in any ordinary sense."  The artificer carefully writes a number of strange symbols in the codex, the ink of the words curling lifelike around itself as it sinks into the page.  Abruptly the artificer snaps the codex shut, holding its splayed hand above the cover, its open palm facing the codex.

Scintillating ethereal motes begin to issue from the masked artificer's palm, dripping languorously onto the cover of the codex.  Each drop recoils into a small spiral of flame as it lands on the codex before springing back into the cover once more.  Quickening, there is soon a shower of motes falling like rain onto the codex, the heatless spirals becoming too numerous and too blinding for you to watch.  As the show ends and you look once more upon the codex, you see that its surface is considerably embossed.

"This is now yours," the artificer calmly states, handing you the codex.  "You have worked hard for it, and I must confess my estimation of you has grown as we have continued to work together.  You are laboring well under the threatening gaze of Her.  Go now; there is more work to do."

The artificer has 5 stored codex charges remaining.

>look my codex
Bound with a tanned and dried skin of uncertain origin, this  is looped with thick, sinewy cords that hold its binding in place.  Dark crimson-colored runes densely flow across its surface, raised slightly, as if the patterns were first scarred onto the codex's skin before the sanguine writing was further tattooed on.  The codex's pages are thick with a tough, deckled edge that are also touched with a deep, void black ink.

The runic codex contains the following property:

Property:    Tarnished Seal (Rank 1 of 3)
Rarity:      Common
Mnemonic:    tseal
Description: You gain 1/2/3 Attack Strength.  Reshape has no affect on this property.  You may equip any number of this property.  This property cannot be upgraded.

A Gemstone may be instilled with the codex's power by a sufficiently skilled artificer.  This process will erase another property on the Gemstone.

You note the telltale filaments of a greater binding shimmering around the runic codex.  You can sense that the codex is bound to you.

The runic codex may not be altered in any way.
>```
#

Asked for a Rank 2. Got Charged for a Rank 2. Got a Rank 1.

#

Glad I looked before Instilling

noble talon
warped atlas
#

On Codices..... Did I read somewhere at some point that the bonuses were going to change from 1/2/3 to 1/3/5, or am I just dreaming & wishful thinking?

noble talon
#

On test some of the bonuses were 1/1/2 (e.g. CS). Those changed to 1/2/3. And some of the bonuses were 1/2/3 and changed to 1/3/5 (e.g. AS). Others stayed the same (e.g. EBP).

#

The current values are the intended values

#

Though...

#

Jaired's excerpt above says 1/2/3 AS, which seems wrong

noble talon
warped atlas
#

Awesome, just saw it update real time!

noble talon
#

It may or may not have been a lie when I said it.

noble talon
mighty breach
#

The runic codex contains the following property:

Property: Tarnished Seal (Rank 1 of 3)
Rarity: Common
Mnemonic: tseal
Description: You gain 1/3/5 Attack Strength. Reshape has no affect on this property. You may equip any number of this property. This property cannot be upgraded.

gaunt cove
#

12x5 = 60 attack strength. 😉

spark token
#

Master Tactician, Journeyman Tactician, and... all Tarnished Seals, please.

river parcel
#

aaand limit break weapon skill

marsh merlin
#

And Arc blade

honest crater
#

Those peppers. 🌶️ 🌶️ a bit spicy.

thick fjord
#

Are you limited to equipping only a single copy of a codex ability?

wraith salmon
soft stump
marsh merlin
#

Also picking only +AS leaves flares on the table, which is an absurdity I can't fathom

hasty tulip
#

I mean when your flares don't get flarier by any actual means....

sour swan
marsh merlin
#

Er, there are several DF gemstones

wraith salmon
#

Yeah, I think there's a gemstone/codex conflating happening.

hasty tulip
#

Maaaaaaaaan... that is why I don't want to write any codices, I want to save up for when rare/legendary ones come out!

formal wharf
#

Rare/legendary codices? Have we been told of such a thing?

sour swan
# wraith salmon Yeah, I think there's a gemstone/codex conflating happening.

Ufian is definitely correct. I believe Shield was talking about instead of putting the AS codices on you should put the %DF ones (since he was responding to a comment about putting 15 AS codices on). I mentioned that there weren't DF ones which then Kaetel said there are DF gemstones. So. definitely some switcharoos

wraith salmon
proper osprey
#

They’re coming with Savants

fallow igloo
rose cliff
#

Celtar's finances are fascinating ... posts like a billion silvers in gear he's accumulated over time, but has less than 5m. Time for some IG plasma selling

noble talon
#

If we did add them, I kind of like the idea of requiring a tier 3 common codex property first. But who knows

fallow igloo
#

I've just always been terrible with silver genning. heh. The boom years were when I could make decent silver off of old Ice Age items.

proper osprey
#

Thanks for fixing the boss… died, got credit but no exp for the kill. But super nice to get the group credit.

#

Is it intentional that the group nomovement flag doesn’t work when you enter the lift ?

If someone is in your party that is in RT and you go… you’ll leave them behind

wraith salmon
#

Is there some reason there's no codex upgrade path, like there is for gemstones? Seems to kinda make it an all or nothing proposition.

noble talon
noble talon
warped atlas
#

Anyone have the messaging for when the airships fly in (the start of an onslaught)?

proper osprey
#

I also sent in an assist about the game reset the other night and it rolling back the monthly quest turn in.

Any word on that by chance ?

#

Also…

Onslaught has been a wonderful addition .. it allowed my turnip farmer to group with some and saved by other legendary adventurers

noble talon
#

You turned in the quest in May, got credit and it went on cooldown, and the cooldown was not removed midnight June 1st?

proper osprey
#

We can forego the monthly quest turn in for an Onslaught Group RPA! 😂😂

proper osprey
noble talon
#

Ah. So the turnin that counted was in June?

fallow igloo
proper osprey
#

Yes, and it wasn’t possible to have finished the current monthly onslaught because … the first one was last night

noble talon
#

I gotcha. I was trying to understand if there is a bug or not, but sounds like no

#

(other than... the crash)

proper osprey
#

However… my other party members all turned in the quest a minute before me and it counted for them.

I was looking at the time and couldn’t turn it in at 11:57 because I needed the pulse to go from 1040/1032…

Then it hit 11:58 and I was like nahhh, we ain’t risking it and used a long term boost

rose cliff
#

Since the quests are randomly timed isn't there always a chance that it could end later on a Saturday and you wouldn't have enough time to absorb all of the captain exp in time to quest complete the weekly reward? or will all Saturday onslaughts end earlier? Not really a bug perse but a timing quirk if you wait until saturday to do the quests.

abstract heath
#

That was a pretty fun intro quest. Managed to avoid spoilers for the most part. Great stuff 10/10.

clever carbon
#

How many codex would someone need to put a +5 AS in every slot. So have 14/15 slots filled.

river parcel
#

you can't have 15/15?

frosty lion
proper osprey
#

17 years ?

frosty lion
#

uh, let me fix that. 53, well 53 and change so 54.

clever carbon
#

Ahhh nice. That’s a long time

#

10 codex max a week? So like 6.7 years?

spark token
#

You can get more than 10 a week.

#

The ones from the Quests as well as from the Captain (not guaranteed) don't count. As of right now, the only ones that count towards the 10 a week are the ones you LOOT from Empyreans during Onslaughts.

frosty lion
#

66/month at 4 weeks/month. 14/week + 10/month

#

so uh, yeah not exact.

proper osprey
#

Whats the difference of the 0/10 gemstone onslaught codices... and all the ones you get off of mobs that are in your inventory?

vale canyon
#

you got those in your inventory from captains or from turning in quests so those don’t count towards the 10 per week (It’s also a new week)

proper osprey
#

Both

frosty lion
#

Nothing. You can find 10 tier 1 codices off onslaught creatures per week. For the quests you turn in a quest at the artificer and he gives you a sack with codices. 2 for a weekly and 5 for a monthly

clever carbon
#

So 12 x 52 and 5x12. 684 a year

vale canyon
#

looting 10 each week also seems very hard, I’m curious if anyone has even found 10 in one week yet

frosty lion
proper osprey
#

I been giving him the codices I been finding but it hasn’t increased the 0/10 number

vale canyon
#

yea you are still at 0/10 because you haven’t found a codex from a normal loot of an empyrean, the captains loots and the quest rewards aren’t included in that 0/10

marsh merlin
#

But why would you do that?

rose cliff
#

did we forget the engineers again?

chrome mesa
#

Haven't seen any yet in 25 minutes.

river parcel
#

definitely zero engineers here

chrome mesa
#

Dear diary, 32 minutes in and still no engineers in sight.

edgy pelican
#

@slender spoke engineers MIA

slender spoke
#

What location?

chrome mesa
#

Hive

edgy pelican
#

Hive

#

There are no Empyreans inside the barrier either?

chrome mesa
#

There are some, but not as many as outside.

#

This is why I should never stay up past bedtime! I've cursed us all.

clear berry
#

space pirates broken?

slender spoke
#

You guys just aren't killing everything else fast enough.

#

(No, seriously.)

#

Engineers can't spawn because other things aren't dying.

chrome mesa
#

Well I killed about 250 mobs in 30 minutes so if that’s not fast enough I don’t know what to say. None of the other onslaughts have been this way.

slender spoke
#

It's definitely the Hive.

#

Kiramon spawn too fast. Time to nerf them. 😛

#

I made a change that should give Empyreans a fighting chance now.

boreal raven
#

this is the, third(?) in the hive didn't have an issue before, maybe less people there as some of the new car smell wears off onslaughts + time of day.

edgy pelican
#

lol. We have a guy with us that hasnt done the quest yet but is spawning rifts with almost every engineer he is searching.

noble talon
#

Hmmm. That’s probably okay. He can’t go through them, can he?

edgy pelican
#

nope

#

but he is a rift making machine!

slender spoke
#

They should also now spawn in the Kresh Warrens.

#

And not in the lowbie area.

frosty lion
river parcel
#

had the group movement flag on, but still had trouble keeping our group together; definitely had to have our rogue unstealth to get on lifts with us; and someone happened where 2 out of 4 of us went through the arch for the final captain fight - unclear what caused that (it was a fun jaunt up the airship of course! but figured I'd note that)

rose cliff
#

yea we kept picking up ralkeans cast offs, how rude of him to leave them behind

vale canyon
#

thank you Tijay!

#

also had Kontii and friends take me up a different lift, thanks to the 3 groups i got to tag along with to get to the top

#

but can we please fix the getting left behind on lift, and on captain fight.

also after all that I got stunned for entire captain fight and didn’t get the 5k exp for the finale

and I can’t hide with a codex at my feet any longer

rose cliff
#

I know it's RNG but having cleared all 3 floors and enough kills for the monthly and not a single codex found is rough. I'll try again tomorrow or whenever the next one is

vale canyon
#

just realized I could of use stunman attack to get a swing in before Tijay killed the captain 😞, live and learn

rose cliff
#

In hindsight I could have just unstunned you I just figured you made it inside so you'd get your credit at the end so I continued to just blitz the captain. Lesson learned

vale canyon
#

well I was also hidden so you’re off the hook 😜

marsh merlin
#

I'm also having my doubts on gemstone find rates, especially as it relates to onslaughts/fixate/group loot. Went into last night's onslaught with >1100 personal searches for the week, and killed enough Empyreans to complete the monthly extermination and half of the ground clearance quests (so >750) and still no gem.

hybrid turtle
#

I wonder if fixate overwrites whatever "slot" the pity counter lives in

vale canyon
#

and if that’s correct then the pity counter would really be 7500 for a group of 5

marsh merlin
#

Group of 10 for most of it, but yeah I'm curious on that as well. Unfortunately there are a lot more variables compared to pre-onslaught gem finding so hard to pinpoint which one(s) are affecting it

vale canyon
#

I fixated and found mine in 176 hunting solo, for what it’s worth

sour swan
#

Yeah - I've fixated on both my accounts and found both geodes in just a few hunts each (just to note - both accounts were not eligible for gemstones at the same time - one was eligible on Sunday and fixated/found it then the other account became eligible on Monday and fixated/found it). Did not touch Empyrean's at all on either account (nor have I done the quest on either)

agile parcel
#

You can't upgrade the codex once you add it to the gemstone? That doesn't make any sense.

#

Clearly, you should be able to amplify it or whatever. To do otherwise is not consistent or intuitive.

vague egret
marsh merlin
#

You can't upgrade them ever currently. Only create ones of the tier you want

frosty lion
agile parcel
frosty lion
#

I missed that one, good to see that. I'm expecting this stuff to be tweaked quite a bit over the next few months.

gaunt cove
# 
A battle-worn Empyrean captain's aura absorbs some of the damage!
  AS: +880 vs DS: +506 with AvD: +47 + d100 roll: +64 = +485
   ... and hit for 32 points of damage!
   Blow leaves an imprint on the Empyrean captain's chest!
You swing a gleaming rune-scribed maul at a battle-worn Empyrean captain!
A battle-worn Empyrean captain's aura absorbs some of the damage!
  AS: +880 vs DS: +506 with AvD: +47 + d100 roll: +94 = +515
   ... and hit for 32 points of damage!
   Blow leaves an imprint on the Empyrean captain's chest!

 ** Necrotic energy from your rune-scribed maul overflows into you! **
   You feel energized!
You swing a gleaming rune-scribed maul at a battle-worn Empyrean captain!
You hear the soft tinkle of rolling dice, followed by the sound of coins dropping!
A battle-worn Empyrean captain's aura absorbs some of the damage!
  AS: +880 vs DS: +506 with AvD: +47 + d100 roll: +70 = +491
   ... and hit for 31 points of damage!
   Blow leaves an imprint on the Empyrean captain's chest!

 ** Cast in radiant outline, a massive silver fist closes tight around the Empyrean captain! **
A battle-worn Empyrean captain's aura absorbs some of the damage!
   ... 5 points of damage!
   Blow leaves an imprint on the Empyrean captain's chest!``` Padding strong in this one
chrome mesa
#

Do the necessary kill counts per archway depend on where you get the kills? Like to go through the second archway, do I need to kill mobs between the first and the second? Or can I just kill a bunch of stuff before the first?

vague egret
#

I thought I heard something about the creatures and captain getting progressively "tougher" the higher up you go on the ship. The weakest variants being in the ascension area itself before you get on the ship. So would assume that means the creatures are gated by area and therefor you need those creatures to count for moving through the arch for each section of the ship.

frosty lion
indigo lynx
#

see a burly goliath engineer, a burly goliath engineer, a flailing clockwork vine and a burly goliath engineer. (So many engineers)

#

So if I am trying to do a hinterboar bounty and all these invaders roaming around.... will hinterboar spawns eventually stop until I kill these empyreans?

fallow igloo
gaunt cove
#

Long period of time I was arguably the hardest hitter around. Probably Warclaidh or Fulmen now the past few years. It's kind of my jam

sour swan
chrome mesa
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Just finished my first run through. It was fun! Is there any way to check your kill count progress toward being able to pass through the arch without actually attempting to pass through? I was a bit worried that one of my characters would have enough while the other wouldn't, and the other would be stranded outside.

sour swan
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Sounds like as long as the leader is the only one who attempts to go in they will get a notice re: who in the group needs how many kills

chrome mesa
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That's not what I noticed, but maybe until the leader has enough kills they only see their own requirements?

polar radish
fallow igloo
warped atlas
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what's the threshold for Chapmions Apotheosis buff on critters? 3 of us in a group here and they seem to be getting it:

[Skyship, Core - ] (u12102125)
Iron chains hang from the ceiling, supporting an ever-widening walkway in the ship's core.  A mix of clockwerke gear-lined machinery and glaesine cylindrical vats line the floor, rising alongside the elevated path before running into the ceiling, where massive metal pipes groan and gurgle as liquid passes through them.  You also see a tawny armor-clad pegasus, a radiant-eyed goliath auramancer and obvious signs of someone hiding.
Also here: Krayton (hiding), High Legionnaire Aureliano
Obvious exits: east, southwest
J>stance o
>cman Eviscerate
You are now in an offensive stance.
J>
Bloodstained light spills down from the heavens in an undulating deluge, bathing a tawny armor-clad pegasus's form in a cascade of transcendent power!
For this to work, you'll need to take your target by surprise.  Try hiding first.
J>
Aureliano swings a wyvern-hilted high steel warsword at a tawny armor-clad pegasus!

 ** Aureliano's high steel warsword glows brightly for a moment, consuming the magical energies around the armor-clad pegasus! **
 [SMR result: 135 (Open d100: 55, Bonus: 25)]
A tawny armor-clad pegasus's aura absorbs some of the damage!
   ... 30 points of damage!
   One lung bursts in the armor-clad pegasus's chest!
   The armor-clad pegasus is stunned!

  AS: +847 vs DS: +829 with AvD: +32 + d100 roll: +32 = +82```
sour swan
wraith salmon
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These empyreans sure do flood a zone when they are around. Pits isn't usually this spicy.

hybrid turtle
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Yeah. It kind of ruins the area for normal hunting.

wraith salmon
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I just kill them, so it's not a huge deal to me, but I can absolutely see it killing a zone for regular asc hunting. The lathonian doubles certainly have their moment to shine.

hybrid turtle
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It entirely shuts down alts for 4 hours, at least my alts, lol.

wraith salmon
worldly plover
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mystic impedence really needs some kind of warding check. the auto success is annoying

hybrid turtle
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Trying to do a cull task when 80% of spawns are empyreans is... why bother.

wraith salmon
vague egret
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does mystic impedence block the various dispels? (417/119/1218)

chrome mesa
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Yeah.

vague egret
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SM MIU dispel items will be real hot next DR HESS!

wraith salmon
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It blocks spells based on spell level. All of those spells would require negligble ranks of MIU by the caster to be off the table. I guess I could switch back to 1106 and see if they are nullifying down that far.

worldly plover
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I know. If I make my sorc KS, i won't be affected!

warped atlas
terse fern
polar radish
warped atlas
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awe man... was mid fight with the 3rd captain when that ended

warped atlas
terse fern
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Woh. That is absurd.

frosty juniper
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Why is the next onslaught not for another 31 hours? I thought they were running closer together than that

boreal raven
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If i had to guess i bet it's random between 12 and 36 hours

vague egret
vague plover
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haha when in doubt, just spam coup


 ** As the Empyrean captain strikes you, your lathonian leather suddenly begins to glow with a polychromatic light! **
[SMR result: 131 (Open d100: 70, Bonus: 1)]
The polychromatic light from your lathonian leather suddenly lashes out at a battle-worn Empyrean captain!  Before he can react, an unstable vortex of energy surrounds a battle-worn Empyrean captain, disorienting him before quickly exploding in a chaotic spray of elemental energy!.
A battle-worn Empyrean captain's aura absorbs some of the damage!
   ... 3 points of damage!
   The Empyrean captain winces at the cold blast to the left arm.
[SMR result: 40 (Open d100: 8, Bonus: 80)]
As a battle-worn Empyrean captain moves agressively towards you, his foot catches on something and he stumbles.
[Script]PS>You attempt to twist the the elements of time to your bidding, but are too exhausted for the task.
[Script]PS>A battle-worn Empyrean captain lunges towards you, most likely intending to finish you off!
[SMR result: 212 (Open d100: 58, Bonus: 80)]
A battle-worn Empyrean captain grabs you by the head and twists violently.  You hear a loud *CRACK* as your neck bones snap and your body goes limp!```
rose cliff
boreal raven
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were they that close? i can't remember. also wasn't one like, broke so they retriggered it? i dunno i just punch space dweebs in the face clocks are for nerds

formal wharf
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For those of us who like Onslaughts but aren't really interested in the current codices, it would be nice if we could turn in the codices for a dust or something, instead of charges for upgrades. Just a thought, Nyxus 😇

fluid raven
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My theory is that there's one each server day and when it occurs is random. The timer only makes it look like there's a cool down.

indigo lynx
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Has there been a midnight or 3am onslaught yet?

vale canyon
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I don’t think they are random at all, you don’t have Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 8pm, and Sunday at noon in any kind of random simulation, last night was 11pm so west coasters could do it when they got off work, today was afternoon for people that play during the day

indigo lynx
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I guess we will see what times this Friday/Saturday look like

polar radish
vale canyon
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nope, ME next, book it

hybrid turtle
vale canyon
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stamina prism/gtk and other side was single prop consummate professional

hybrid turtle
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cool rogue gem or quick silver from dreaven. the struggle

frosty juniper
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Captains only give codexes right?

rose cliff
frosty lion
vale canyon
vague egret
gaunt cove
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My geode was a double Hive regional drop from the HW onslaught. Perfection...

warped atlas
# frosty juniper Captains only give codexes right?

first captain 1000% bonus chance to find a gemstone. (if you're eligible)
2nd / 3rd captain 2000% bonus chance to find a gemstone. (if you're eligible)

Eligibility meaning you haven't found one this week and are not at your monthly cap (3)

wraith salmon
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which is still a laughably small percentage chance.

proper osprey
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Yeah… but the exp is guaranteed if you don’t die

wraith salmon
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I was only commenting on the gemstone increase, because it sounds awesome, then you do some math and you're like, whomp-whomp.

gaunt cove
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Anecdotal, but I popped Gemstone Fixate on 2nd gem last month and 1st gem this month. I think I had bounty kills in the 400s and I got the Geode each week on probably 2nd level of the airship. I think the boost is 25% with fixate around 12-16% and the drop increases on each airship level at like 4/5/6%

vague plover
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do you get codices from skyship forces that are on the ground?

warped atlas
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The exp is JUICY

boreal raven
warped atlas
boreal raven
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i didn't have time to do a run so i just ran out to fry basically real quick and my geode + a codex dropped for that guy.

vague plover
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so it's looking like the skyship reward is largely in gemstone probability increase, and some instant experience

boreal raven
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i think the codex chance is still noticably higher, just cause they can doesn't mean it's super reliable. i've only found 1 outside with whatever, a thousand kills.

gaunt cove
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I got like 5 codex drops in 2 full airship runs. I converted 10 and kept 3 so far since the Captain drops the sack each time.

formal wharf
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I've never found a codex from a boss. Found maybe 4 on the ground or on the ship, as well as 1 vodka.

proper osprey
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All I have ever found was admiration and awe that I’ve been able to group with some amazing, legendary adventurers since the start of onslaughts. 🥺

gaunt cove
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We don't have a REIM feature to track stats on these, worth adding along with the GAZE arch ask from I think it was Kontii.

noble talon
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We should change that

warped atlas
proper osprey
vale canyon
# proper osprey Yeah… but the exp is guaranteed if you don’t die

you still get the exp if you die while fighting the captain as long as you hit the captain first, which was a nice surprise when that happened to me today (didn’t know you could still get exp while dead). unlike yesterday where I stayed alive but stunned the entire captain fight and got no exp from it.

hybrid turtle
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I keep just following a group of rogues around blasting things, it’s quite nice

proper osprey
rose cliff
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The bards have been replaced

hasty tulip
proper osprey
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Roguestone.

Ultimate party … 3 rogues, a healer, and a paladin all with self haste . 🤯

hasty tulip
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If you have 3 rogues no one should need a healer!
(though I kinda want one just to give me non-stop adrenal surge because I am very bad at my profession.)

proper osprey
worldly plover
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so now in addition to not being able to hide, we can't even move with a geode alongside?

frosty lion
hasty tulip
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Pretty sure it was happening again last night.
Along with lifts leaving people (me) behind.

...that last part may have been intentional.

frosty lion
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The fun of forwarding a message in a 1 minute delayed forum 😂 It looks like it got reverted. codices and vodka were stopping me from hiding yesterday

marsh mica
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We had someone get left behind on a lift this morning also

worldly plover
# 
You find yourself unable to hide with the crystalline geode still placed alongside you.
...
>southwest
As you prepare to move away, you remember the crystalline geode still placed alongside you.```
vale canyon
# frosty lion

this isn’t working any longer, but it was after it was announced, I think it got reverted (reversion seemed to coincide when the sailors grief rift bug was fixed)

boreal raven
gaunt cove
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Having a great time on the Airship so far, LFG is interesting, but groups are engaging and largely necessary for 3+.

remote niche
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I'm super affirmed that ya'll are enjoying this so much. Thank you for the consistent feedback and notes!

frosty lion
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I'll have to catch a group this weekend and see if I can make it through the end of it. Can you go through the tiers/captain multiple times in one onslaught or is it a once per?

marsh merlin
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Just once. After you complete a lift the second trip through it is instant, and you're forbidden from re-entering arches after you kill that captain instance

marsh merlin
# noble talon We should change that

Unrelated, and I'm not sure how viable it would be, but if there's any way to itemize the EXP from captains rather than dumping it straight into field exp I think that would be a big gain. Perhaps they drop a flat exp orb at your feet instead. As it stands right now, 1640 paladin resurrection, aka "battle rez", is extraordinarily punitive to use once your group passes the first captain because the spell empties your field exp bucket. In normal hunting this is acceptable because it comes with the expectation that you'll be able to refill it within the timeframe of the buffer it provides you. But in this time-gated, single loop experience anything in excess of your field exp bucket is unrecoverable.

agile parcel
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FYI, I lost some of my group getting on the lifts - might want to double check whether the groupo flag works with those

proper osprey
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It does not if you’re in RT

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However… I just learned today that 213 Sanct (not 1011) is effective enough to stop the swarms… so my future goal is to have a cleric/empath in the group sanct right before a lift to recover which will also help with separation during the lifts.

terse fern
proper osprey
warped atlas
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Geodes messing with me here....

Rough and unassuming on the outside, the geode's fractured interior reveals a glittering cavity housing several gemstones whose facets catch the light in mesmerizing patterns.

Within the cavity you see a prism-cut vermillion jewel haloed by alum inclusions and a pear-cut aureate jewel aswirl with warm gradients.

A pear-cut aureate jewel aswirl with warm gradients glows with a radiant inner light, far outshining its companions.

A mirage-like haze of arcane influence clings to the jewel, alight with half-glimpsed glyphs refracting across its facets from within.  The effect is dizzying and makes further visual inspection difficult.

The jewel appears to be a powerful relic that can convey wondrous abilities on its wielder.  It has the following property:

Property:    Moonsedge: Organ Enthusiast (Rank 1 of 5)
Rarity:      Regional
Mnemonic:    moonsorgan
Description: You gain 3/6/9/12/15 additional AS and 2/4/6/8/10 additional CS while the Sword Hymn is active in Moonsedge.

You note the telltale filaments of a lesser binding shimmering around the aureate jewel.  You can sense that the jewel is bound to you, but a sufficiently skilled artificer should be able to dispel the binding.

[TURN the geode to shift the radiance.  BREAK it to extract the radiant gemstone.]
J>turn geo
You turn the geode in your hands.  A prism-cut vermillion jewel haloed by alum inclusions begins to glow more radiantly than its companions.
J>look geo
You feel the unnatural surge of necrotic power wane away.
J>
Rough and unassuming on the outside, the geode's fractured interior reveals a glittering cavity housing several gemstones whose facets catch the light in mesmerizing patterns.

Within the cavity you see a prism-cut vermillion jewel haloed by alum inclusions and a pear-cut aureate jewel aswirl with warm gradients.

A prism-cut vermillion jewel haloed by alum inclusions glows with a radiant inner light, far outshining its companions.

A mirage-like haze of arcane influence clings to the jewel, alight with half-glimpsed glyphs refracting across its facets from within.  The effect is dizzying and makes further visual inspection difficult.

The jewel appears to be a powerful relic that can convey wondrous abilities on its wielder.  It has the following property:

Property:    Moonsedge: Organ Enthusiast (Rank 1 of 5)
Rarity:      Regional
Mnemonic:    moonsorgan
Description: You gain 3/6/9/12/15 additional AS and 2/4/6/8/10 additional CS while the Sword Hymn is active in Moonsedge.

You note the telltale filaments of a lesser binding shimmering around the vermillion jewel.  You can sense that the jewel is bound to you, but a sufficiently skilled artificer should be able to dispel the binding.

[TURN the geode to shift the radiance.  BREAK it to extract the radiant gemstone.]```
noble talon
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That's pretty annoying

proper osprey
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Last week he had two legendaries in one geode.

warped atlas
wraith salmon
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Streaky RNG gonna streak

warped atlas
# proper osprey Last week he had two legendaries in one geode.

In hindisght - if the double legendary on one geode was really insane RNG.... i'm actually kind of sad about it.
It basically wasted really good luck and i'm now FORCED to throw one of the two legendary rolls.

I would much much prefer to have the legendaries rolled on separate stones

And yes,....I know.... WOE is Me. But i really would much rather have had that on two separate stones

noble talon
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if it's any consolation... RNG events are independent from one other